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Wednesday, 17 December 2025
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
Australian Baobab trees most likely appeared in Australia by long-distance seed dispersal from Africa.
Initially it has been thought that baobab trees grew on Australian soil a very long time ago and as ...
Aloe vera
In Mexico and Peru, aloe vera is made into jams.
Sycamore maple tree
Sycamore Maple - Acer pseudoplatanus - also called sycamore, belongs to the soapberry family (Sapindaceae).
The soapberry family includes 144 genera, with about 1900 species distributed worldwide, except the ...
Mayflower
It blooms from April to May.
Sugar maple
Sugar maple trees thrive in cooler climates.
The perfect temperature is an average of -7 degrees Celsius (20 F).
Corn
Although corn naturally contains niacin (nicotinic acid, vitamin B3, vitamin PP), it was not bioavailable without the process of nixtamalization (soaking and cooking the grain in an alkaline solution, usually lime water, washing and husking).
The Maya used such flour to make various porridges and tamales (grated corn wrapped in corn leaves), ...
Cabbage
Raw cabbage is a rich source of vitamin K, vitamin C, and fiber.
100 grams contain as much as 72 percent of the daily recommended intake of vitamin K and 44 percent of vitamin C. It also has a noticeable amount of vitamins B6 and B9.
Corn
The root system of corn is shallow.
Because of this, corn is susceptible to drought, cannot tolerate nutrient-poor soils, and is vulnerable to uprooting by strong winds.
Pears
Annual pear production is more than 23 million tons.
The leading producer is China, which supplies more than 68 percent of these fruits. Other major pear ...
Parsley
In parsley root, we can find two psychoactive substances: apiol and myristicin.