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Thursday, 17 September 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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Kale
There are many varieties of kale, which vary in leaf color and stem length.
Garlic
In addition to its health benefits, garlic is primarily a vegetable and a spice at the same time, and this is its basic function in the kitchen.
Although raw garlic has a characteristic (unpleasant) taste and smell, when added to cooked and fried dishes, it loses it, enriching the taste of the dish.
Corpse flower
The corpse flower contains both male and female flowers.
Cocoa bean
Cocoa was an important raw material in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
A Spanish soldier who participated in the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes said that Moctezuma II ...
Pumpkin
The French called it “le potiron” - a large mushroom, while the English called it “pumpkin.”
Bananas
Green bananas contain a large amount of starch.
As bananas turn yellow, the starch turns into sugar, and the fruit gains flavor.
Mandarines
There are wide varieties of crossbreeds with other citrus fruits.
Depending on the variety, the mandarin can grow as a shrub or a tree, reaching up to 8 meters.
Saguaro cactus
It’s a long living plant.
Saguaro cactus can live about 150 to 200 years.
Jerusalem artichoke
Due to their high inulin content, tubers tolerate low temperatures (down to -30 degrees Celsius) well and can be left in the soil for the winter, unlike the potato.
During tuber storage, inulin hydrolyzes into fructose molecules. Topinambur tubers owe their sweet t ...
Cerbera odollam
Cerbera odollam is a plant species in the family Apocynaceae.
This family includes more than 4.5 thousand, and according to some even about 6 thousand species. Apocynaceae are found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas.