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Fun food facts
from Pupils' Club Pack
by Real Nation
November 3rd is National Sandwich Day!
Bananas, kiwis and cucumbers are actually classified as berries! Garlic has been used as a traditional medicine since the time of Ancient Egypt.
The potato was the first vegetable to be grown in space back in 1995!
Cutting an onion releases a gas which causes us to cry.
A pomegranate can contain up to 1,000 seeds. In 16th-18th Century Europe, pineapples were so rare and expensive that they were often displayed like fine works of art!
Broccoli can be purple as well as green! Orange peel is used by some gardeners as a slug repellent.
Oranges are not always orange! If grown in exceptionally hot countries, they stay green or yellow even when they are fully ripe.
Some people have a gene in their DNA that makes coriander taste like soap!
60 different varieties of apples are grown in Ireland and are one of the only fruits grown in Ireland that are available all year round.
