FILE 001Fruits🍓strawberryA single strawberry has roughly <hl>200 seeds</hl> on its outer surface — and each seed is technically a separate fruit (an "achene"). The fleshy red part is actually the swollen base of the flower, not a true fruit.SrcBotanical Society of AmericaPass the claimOpen file
FILE 002Fruits🍇Sharemiracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)The miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) from West Africa contains miracullin, a glycoprotein that binds to taste receptors and makes sour foods taste intensely sweet for up to two hours.SrcProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
FILE 003Fruits🍇ShareGrapesGrapes are one of the oldest cultivated fruits — grapevines have been grown for winemaking for at least <hl>8,000 years</hl>. The oldest known winery was discovered in a cave in Armenia dating to roughly 4100 BCE.SrcNational Geographic
FILE 004Fruits🍍SharePineapplesPineapples take roughly <hl>2–3 years</hl> to grow from planting to harvest — and each plant produces only one pineapple at a time. They are actually a cluster of 100–200 individual berries fused together around a central core.SrcUSDA
FILE 005Fruits🍌ShareBananasBananas are technically <hl>berries</hl>, while strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries are not. Botanically, a berry must develop from a single flower with one ovary — bananas qualify, strawberries don't.SrcBotanical Society of America
FILE 006Fruits🍍Sharepineapples were so rare and expensiveIn 18th-century Europe, pineapples were so rare and expensive that people would <hl>rent them</hl> to display at parties as a symbol of wealth. A single pineapple could cost the equivalent of $8,000 in today's money.SrcSmithsonian Magazine