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- Unripe pineapples are poisonous
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- The passion fruit is the national flower of Paraguay
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- Japanese plums actually originated in China
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- In Kerala in South India, coconut flowers must be present during a marriage ceremony
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- Early explorers used watermelons as canteens to carry their water supplies
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- Strawberries are the only fruit with their seeds on the outside of the fruit
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- Mangoes can be ripened quickly by placing them in a paper bag with a ripe banana
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- Kiwi fruit was originally known by its Chinese name, yang tao (sunny peach)
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- Watermelons are 92% water!
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- One third of the worlds pineapples are produced in Hawaii
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- The average strawberry has around 200 seeds
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- The second most popular mango variety grown in Ajavascript:void('Visual')ustralia is the R2E2!
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- The kiwi fruit is declared as the national fruit of China
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- Almonds are members of the peach family
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- Pineapples were once very rare, thus the name 'King of Fruits
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- The watermelon is cousins with cucumbers, pumpkins and squash
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- A plum is a drupe, a pitted fruit related to the nectarine, peach, and apricot
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- Oranges are technically a hesperidium, a kind of berry
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- Oranges are the most commonly grown tree in the world
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- Eating bananas between meals can help expectant mothers avoid morning sickness
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- Peaches were once known as Persian apples
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- Research shows that eating apples may reduce the risk of many kinds of cancer
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- The Romans used strawberries for a long list of medical remedies
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- If you plant a single orange seed you will probably get more than one plant
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- In China the peach is a symbol of longevity and good luck
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- Bananas are not trees, they are giant herbs
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- Mangoes have as much vitamin C as oranges
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- The largest watermelon ever grown was 262 pounds, or 119 kg!
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- Lemon and salt can be used to treat rust spots, and to clean copper pots
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- Apple seeds are mildly poisonous, but not enough to be dangerous to humans
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- The prickly pear ia actually a type of cactus and considered a noixious weed in Australia
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- Apples have almost 5 times the antioxidant capacity of bananas
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- The purple fruited species of passion fruit self-fertilizes
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- People allergic to latex aer likey to also be allergic to kiwi fruit
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- More fresh mangoes are eaten everyday than any other fruit in the world
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- Strawberries are a member of the rose family
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- Nothing rhymes with orange
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- Over 1,200 varieties of watermelons are grown worldwide in 96 countries
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- Mangoes belong to the same family of plant as poison ivy
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- There are more than 20 billion coconuts harvested each year!
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- Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
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- Nectarines are just peaches without the fuzz
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- The peach is a member of the rose family
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- Strawberries were used as sacred symbols by Christian stonemasons
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