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Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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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Pineapple
Bromelain shows many positive effects.
It acts as an anti-inflammatory, anti-edema, improves digestion, and has an anti-aggregative effect on platelets.
Pumpkin
The pumpkin is an annual plant in the Cucurbitaceae family.
The Cucurbitaceae family includes about 1,000 species. These plants grow under natural conditions in ...
Kale
It is a resistant plant to diseases and pests that attack other plants in the cabbage family.
Sycamore maple tree
The flowers of the sycamore are small, yellow-green, and perched on long, slightly hairy stems.
They are gathered in 20-50 pairs in pendulous, elongated inflorescences. The flowers are hermaphrodi ...
Strawberry
A record-size strawberry was grown in 2015 by Koji Nakao, a farmer from Fukuoka, Japan.
The fruit measured 12 x 8 cm and had a circumference of about 30 cm. The variety from which this giant was bred is called Amaou.
Lemon
Lemon was probably formed from the intersection of key lime and citron.
Vanilla
In the Aztec kingdom, vanilla flowers were once used to pay taxes.
Stinging nettle
Nettle is a perennial plant that grows up to 2 meters tall.
The entire plant is covered with short, bristly hairs and longer hairs that end in a bubble containi ...
Rice
It is one of the most versatile cereals. It is a source of carbohydrates, fiber, protein, polyunsaturated fats, and unpolished varieties additionally provide magnesium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, manganese, copper, selenium and B vitamins.
The human body most easily assimilates the grain, it belongs to the products that are easy to digest ...
Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke was originally cultivated by the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
It came to Europe in the 16th century. It quickly became a very common vegetable in Europe and the A ...