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Sunday, 9 August 2026
21 facts about olives
21 facts about olives
"Where the olive refuses to grow, there the Mediterranean world ends"
It is not known exactly when and where the first olive tree, characteristic of the Mediterranean region, grew. Paleobotanists claim that wild olives g ...

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Pomegranate
The bark, leaves, and wood of the pomegranate are used in tanning.
They contain 32 percent tannins, which are used for tanning fine, noble leather (safian), and making dyes.
Pomegranate
Pomegranate has many culinary uses.
They make a delicious, juicy fruit whose juice is great for quenching thirst. It has long been a pop ...
Aloe vera
Its leaves are green, thick, and fleshy, with small spikes on the edges.
Brussels sprout
The vitamins, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids in Brussels sprouts, working together, counteract heart disease.
Poinsettia
The Legend of the Poinsettia.
A poor girl on her way to church picked a plant that grew by the roadside to decorate the altar on t ...
Poinsettia
The distinctive feature of this flower is the colorful bracts  (red, pink, yellow, cream, etc.).
The bracts are arranged in a characteristic star shape. The actual flowers are small and inconspicuous, hidden among the bracts.
Cornflower
Cornflowers bloom throughout the summer and at the end of summer, the plant disperses seeds.
Cornflowers often contaminate cereal and rapeseed crops, which is why they are considered a weed by farmers. A single plant can produce up to 800 seeds during its lifetime.
Garlic
There are also contraindications to the use of garlic.
It is not recommended for coughs tinged with blood, fever associated with pneumonia, or advanced nep ...
Rapeseed
Rapeseed blooms for about 45 days and the flowers are pollinated by bees.
Spring rapeseed blooms in late June and early July.Spring rapeseed blooms in late June and early July.
Trees
Some trees, such as alder (genus Alnus), have a symbiotic relationship with a filamentous bacterium of the genus Frankia that can fix nitrogen from the air and convert it to ammonia.
These bacteria live in the root papillae. This allows these trees to live in low nitrogen environments.