The weird, the Strange...the Fruity?

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Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
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Apples contain an antioxidant that fights cancer .
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The banana plant is in the same family as the lily and the orchid.
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A medium-sized orange contains the amount of vitamin C that a healthy adult should eat daily.
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Olive trees can live for more than 1,500 years.
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Kiwis are packed full of cancer fighting Beta-Carotene and contain twice as much Vitamin C as an orange.
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People who eat a lot of fruit need to consum less water.
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Lemons are popular for cleaning because they are high in acid – which kills bacteria.
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Grapes have grown wild since pre-historic times.
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Pear wood is hard and can be used to make furniture.
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There are more than 100 varieties of bananas, some even have red skin.
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Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. <----My favorite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kiwi fruit is said to promote respiratory health and ease wheezing and night coughing.
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The largest fruits are giant pumpkins, specially grown and bred for their size. The largest ones can weigh over 1,000 pounds!
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Growing giant pumpkins is a fine art, and there are many different ideas about how to do it best. Many growers keep their methods secret. Some use heating cables to protect against cold weather, or special fertilizers for maximum growth. Giant pumpkin vines are pampered and watched carefully.
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Bananas are actually an herb, not a fruit. It is in fact the world's largest herb, related to the orchid and lily families. The bananas are actually considered the berries of this giant herb.
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Eating an apple is a more reliable method of staying awake than consuming a cup of coffee. The natural sugar in an apple is more potent than the caffeine in coffee.
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Rice has more varieties than any other fruit or vegetable, nearly 15,000! Many countries have a few specific varieties of rice that cannot be found anywhere else. There are about 5,000 varieties of tomato, and 7,500 varieties of apples.
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The cabbage contains almost as much water as watermelon. Watermelon is 92% water, cabbage is 90%. Carrots are not too far behind with a water content of 87%.
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Peanuts are not nuts, they are part of the pea family. Because of this, they are prone to spoiling much faster than nuts, which is why they are typically found roasted. Peanut oil can be utilized to make nitroglycerin, a major component of dynamite.
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Pumpkins are not a vegetable, they are a fruit. So are avocados.
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Almonds are not nuts, they are considered to be a member of the peach family. In fact, they closely resemble peach pits; they are simply lacking a surrounding of fruit.
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Tomatoes are not a vegetable, they are a fruit. They were once considered a type of apple by France and Italy and used to be yellow, not orange or red.
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A stalk of celery only contains 10 calories. The human body uses more calories digesting celery, and so celery is said to be a great snack, as it helps an individual to lose weight.
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In an emergency, coconut water can be substituted for blood plasma, due to the fact that coconut water possesses the perfect PH level and is also sterile.
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SOURCES

http://www.strange-facts.info/interesting-fruit-facts
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/917301/interesting_facts_about_fruits_nuts_pg2.html?cat=22

And you've exploded grapes before? That's really cool!

hehe yeah, it's pretty cool

Sounds cool! I never knew any of that(:

Woah, bananas are herbs?! That's sooo cool!

Yup, I would've never guessed