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Sunday, 30 November 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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Lemon balm
Since the Renaissance, it has been used to attract honey bees.
Some believed that bees would never leave the garden where lemon balm grew. 
Stinging nettle
There are about 40 calories in 100 grams of stinging nettle.
Broad beans
In Greece, the broad bean had its own god - Kyamites, who watched over the cultivation, and sacrifices were made to him when they prayed for better harvests.
In Greece, broad beans were considered the source of life. Greek athletes ate it before training to ...
Grapes
The grapevine is a vine that grows up to 40 meters tall, although it rarely exceeds 10 meters.
To grow upwards, it attaches itself to supports using tendrils.
Poison ivy
It is native to North America and Asia.
Two Poison Ivy species are found in North America and one in Asia.
Olives
Olives are the fruit of the European olive (Olea europaea).
They are drupes.
Poison ivy
The flowers of Poison Ivy develop into green berries in late summer. After ripening in fall, they turn white.
The berries are edible for birds but not for people. Birds eagerly consume berries and help spread ivy seeds over long distances.
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 ...
Baobab tree
Baobabs provide important nesting sites for some birds.
In particular they are perfect for nesting of the mottled spinetail and four species of weaver.
Aloe vera
In Mexico and Peru, aloe vera is made into jams.