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Sunday, 10 May 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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Beetroot
It is a biennial plant.
In the first year of cultivation, it forms a rosette of leaves and a storage root and in the second year, it forms an inflorescence shoot.
Corn
Immature corn shoots accumulate the potent antibiotic substance DIMBOA.
DIMBOA (2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one) belongs to a group of hydroxamic acids (benzox ...
Cabbage
Originating in East Asia, Chinese cabbage is a popular ingredient in many Oriental dishes.
More widely known as pak choi or bok choi, it is usually prepared by steaming or sauteing. In additi ...
Garlic
Garlic comes from Central Asia.
Its original form was a wild variety of Allium longicuspis, which today can be found in China and Korea.
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 ...
Poison ivy
Over 350 thousand people in the USA suffer from urushiol contact each year.
The rash typically lasts about a week, but there are cases where it lasted more than a month.
Parsley
Both the leaves and roots of the plant are used for food.
Rice
The history of rice cultivation is long and complex.
By scientific consensus based on archaeological evidence, it is assumed that seed rice was first dom ...
Pears
It contains many vitamins in small amounts.
100 g of the fruit provides 5 percent of the daily intake of vitamin C, 4 percent of vitamin K, and ...
Avocado
It originates from southcentral Mexico.
Later avocado cultivations spread to North, South, and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and southern Europe. Mexican cultivations produce over 2,3 million tons a year.