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Sunday, 12 October 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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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 ...
Vanilla
Until the 19th century, Mexico was the homeland of vanilla, as it was the only place with varieties of stingless bees of the Melipona and Trigona genera that pollinated the plants.
It was not until Edmond Albius, a horticulturalist from Réunion (an island in the Indian Ocean about ...
Poison ivy
It is native to North America and Asia.
Two Poison Ivy species are found in North America and one in Asia.
Forget-me-not
The genus name–Myosotis–derives from the Ancient Greek and means mouse ears.
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 ...
Chestnuts
Chestnuts are mainly a carbohydrate food and in some areas, they are called "bread trees".
In terms of nutrients, they cannot be compared to other nuts. Raw chestnuts consist of 60% water and ...
Kale
Kale is grown in central and northern Europe, North America, and Asia.
Due to its temperature preferences, it is rarely found in tropical areas.
Sycamore maple tree
The sycamore fruit is a double samara with a spherical nut and wings set at a slightly acute angle.
The wings are 3 - 5 cm (1,18 - 1,96 in) long and fall apart when ripe. The sycamore bears fruit abundantly every other year, with the fruit ripening between September and October.
Pears
They were cultivated in ancient China as early as the 20th century BC and in ancient Greece around the 8th century BC.
In the 12th century, methods for growing these trees were written down in an agricultural manual by ...
Carrot
It contains large amounts of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.