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Friday, 19 June 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
To survive the harsh weather conditions of drought, baobabs store water in their trunk.
Mature trees are able to store 120,000 liters of water.
Brussels sprout
Brussel sprout is a member of the Gemmifera cultivar group of cabbages.
Rapeseed
In industry, rapeseed oil is used to produce varnish.
It is also used to produce diesel fuel, and biodiesel.
Strawberry
The fruit consists of 90% water, so it is low in calories.
100 g of strawberries contain only 33 kcal, 7.6 g of carbohydrates, 0.7 g of protein, and 0.4 g of fat.
Bananas
Bananas are mainly cultivated in the intertropical zone.
Banana plantations can be found in Africa, North and South America, Asia and the Pacific.
Saguaro cactus
Earliest documented use of saguaro dates back to 1540 when Pedro de Castañeda noticed O'odham tribesmen collecting cactus fruits.
He wrote a brief note about harvest and ritual of preparing fermented juice of cactus fruits.
Rowan
In Central Europe, it often grows in the company of coral lilac, willow, aspen, aspen, and silver birch.
Birch
In northern India, birch has great historical and cultural significance.
The thin bark that fell off the trunk in winter was widely used as writing paper. Birch paper is extremely durable and was the material from which many ancient Indian texts were made.
Watercress
Watercress contains a glycoside (glucosinolate) that gives the plant its pungent-bitter taste.
Compounds belonging to this group are considered anti-cancer substances, having the ability to inhibit the growth of cancer cells, such as in the case of breast cancer.
Bananas
Today’s bananas differ from their predecessors.
The classic banana was the Gros Michel variety. It was sweeter and creamier. Unfortunately, due to a ...