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Friday, 10 April 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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Baobab tree
Baobab trunks were oftenly made a burial places, sometimes prisons and even a bar once.
Citron
There are sour, sweet and pulpless varieties of this fruit.
Sour varieties include the Florentine and diamante citrons - from Italy - and the Greek Balady citro ...
Kiwi
Kiwifruit ensures a good night's sleep.
Studies have shown that eating two kiwi fruits a day improves sleep quality and makes it easier to f ...
Stinging nettle
Nettle has analgesic properties. In folk medicine, nettle leaves were used to relieve pain. Its pain-relieving properties have been scientifically proven.
Researchers at the University of Plymouth studied a group of 18 people suffering from joint and bone ...
Stinging nettle
Nettle can be added to many dishes.
You can add it to scrambled eggs, omelets, soups, stuffing for pancakes. You can make a salad from it by adding cream or yogurt.
Broad beans
In Egypt, it was the food of simple, poor people.
Priests could not eat it, a special prohibition applied to the priests of the goddess Isis. However, ...
Carrot
Carrot usually refers to one of the varieties of this plant - it belongs to the celery family Aplaceae, and is considered to be the best-know species of it.
Trees
In the soil, roots encounter shreds of fungi with which they form mycorrhiza - a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship.
Some fungi are specific to only one tree species, while others associate with multiple species. The ...
Poinsettia
Joel Roberts Poinsett died on December 12, 1851 - in his honor, Congress established December 12 as Poinsettia Day.
On this day, people around the world buy poinsettias and give them to loved ones. Every year, more t ...
Corpse flower
The corpse flower contains both male and female flowers.