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Saturday, 7 November 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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Garlic
The documented spectrum of action of garlic is very broad, but further research is still being conducted.
increases the secretion of gastric juice, while protecting against heartburn has a cholagogic and a ...
Olives
Olive oil occurs 140 times in the Bible.
Cerbera odollam
Between 1989 and 1999, more than 500 cases of fatal cerberus poisoning were reported in the southwestern state of Kerala, India.
A lethal dose of the poison is contained in one kernel of the fruit and causes death within 1-2 days ...
Garlic
China has been the clear leader in garlic production in the world over the last few decades.
The main production center is in Shandong Province. China produces over 75% of the world's garlic (2 ...
Vanilla
Until the 19th century, Mexico was the homeland of vanilla, as it was the only place with varieties of stingless bees of the Melipona and Trigona genera that pollinated the plants.
It was not until Edmond Albius, a horticulturalist from Réunion (an island in the Indian Ocean about ...
Kiwi
Kiwi fruits can be stored for a long time without compromising their health-promoting properties.
Even after storing these fruits for six months, the vitamin C content is about 90 percent.
Corn
By the 17th century, corn had become a common food for the agricultural population in southwestern Europe.
In the 18th century, it was the primary food of the peasantry of southern France and Italy, where it was consumed mainly in the form of polenta (a dish of cooked corn flour).
Mayflower
There is a dispute among historians about where the mayflower originates from.
Some claim it was the first flower seen by the Pilgrims entering the new country in 1620 and some that it exists since the glacier period.
Turmeric
In their studies, scientists have found promising effects of turmeric in treating Alzheimer's disease.
The substances contained in turmeric are responsible for stimulating the brain cells.
Dragon blood tree
It is native to the Socotra archipelago.
It is an archipelago of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean.