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Saturday, 6 June 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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Vanilla
Vanilloideae are prevalent in the tropics, reaching the temperate zone in eastern North America, eastern Asia, and southern Australia.
Flat-leaved vanilla naturally occurs in South and Central America, including Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.
Rowan
It likes sunny places, although it is a tolerant plant when it comes to conditions and pollution.
It grows well in permeable soils, but also thrives in sandy ones.
Lemon
Taste
They are similar in taste but lemons tend to be a little sweeter while limes have more bitter taste.
Kiwi
All varieties of kiwi are extremely rich in vitamin C.
Eating 100 grams of kiwifruit (about one piece) satisfies the daily requirement for this vitamin by ...
Beetroot
They contain folic acid therefore they are recommended in states of fatigue, weakness, lethargy, lack of vitality, and mental strength.
They promote the production of serotonin and norepinephrine.
Stinging nettle
For medicinal purposes, nettle leaves are harvested before flowering, roots are dug up in fall or early spring, and the whole plant is used.
Juice squeezed from fresh nettle stalks is also often used, and folk medicine recommends drinking it daily to strengthen during spring fatigue.
Birch
Birch bark is edible.
Of course, this is the inner bark, which can even be eaten raw in emergencies. Birch bark can also b ...
Lemon
Lemons contain a lot of vitamin C, about 53 mg / 100 g.
Thanks to it, they support our immunity and soothe the course of illness.
Cabbage
Russians consume the most cabbage in the world.
The statistical Russian eats 20 kilograms of cabbage a year, followed by the Belgians who eat 4.7 kilograms, and just behind them the Dutch with 4 kilograms of cabbage consumed annually.
Rapeseed
Nowadays, the oil is pressed from erucic-free rapeseed varieties, also known as double-improved, which contain less than 2% of this fatty acid.