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Sunday, 5 July 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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Cinnamon
The largest producers of cinnamon are Indonesia (about 40%) and China (about 35%).
Other large producers include Vietnam (17%) and Sri Lanka (8%).
Parsley
Parsley can be used therapeutically during the body's water retention, in the presence of kidney stones, and digestive disorders.
Kiwi
The kiwi fruit is a treasure trove of vitamins and minerals, including it in your daily diet can help improve your health.
Regular consumption of kiwi fruit can bring numerous health benefits. The substances it contains hel ...
Brussels sprout
Brussels sprouts contain sulforaphane.
These are sulfur compounds found in Brussels sprouts and other brassica vegetables that are powerful ...
Avocado
It also contains a lot of monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acids.
It means it has four times less fat than butter.
Avocado
Avocado is pear-shaped, round, or egg-shaped.
It is usually 7 – 20 centimeters long and weighs about 100 – 170  grams. Its flesh is fat and creamy, and the outer layer thick, leathery, and green or brown-green.
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.
Saguaro cactus
Don’t mess with a cactus.
Saguaro actually killed a man. In 1982, David Grundman was shooting at cactus to make it fall. Unfor ...
Pineapple
The most extensive plantations of pineapples are located in Brazil, China, Thailand, the Philippines, and Hawaii.
Hawaii was a dominant producer of pineapples in the 20th century, but about one-third of the world’s production comes from Brazil, Costa Rica and the Philippines.
Beetroot
The leaves are oval or triangular, light green, brown-purple-red.
The leaves and their long, fleshy petioles are also highly desirable for consumption as a botanical.