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By Caitlin Roy
Round Table reporter

    1. Did you know watermelon is actually a VEGETABLE? It is from the botanical family Cucurbitaceous and is most closely related to cucumbers, pumpkins and squash.

    http://womens-place.com/features/summerfacts.php

    2. Did you know strawberries are not really a fruit or a berry, but the enlarged receptacle of the flower?

    http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0781683.html

    3. Did you know blackberry juice was used was used to dye cloth navy blue and indigo?

    http://www.uscenrich.org/Fun%20Facts%20pdfs/FUN%20FACTS%20ON%20FRUITS%20AND%20VEGETABLES.pdf

    4. Did you know bananas were the first fruit on earth, according to the International Banana Association?

    http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/08/01/02/16-interesting-facts-about-americas-most-popular-fruit-bananas.htm

    5. Did you know tomatoes were first cultivated in 700 AD by Aztecs and Incas?

    http://didyouknow.org/tomatoes/

    6. Did you know to ripen a banana quickly (overnight), you can put it into a brown paper bag with an apple or tomato?

    http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/08/01/02/16-interesting-facts-about-americas-most-popular-fruit-bananas.htm

    7. Did you know that apples contain an antioxidant that fights cancer?

    http://dbalsill.mnsi.net/did%20you%20know.html

    8. Did you know the French call the tomato “the apple of love” and the Germans call it “the apple of paradise”?

    http://didyouknow.org/tomatoes/

    9. Did you know in the wild, mangoes rely on Bats for pollination?

    http://www.fukkad.com/trivia/fruity.shtml

    10. Did you know the game of “apple-bobbing” began as a Celtic New Year tradition for trying to determine one’s future spouse?

    http://www.okanaganvacationguide.com/apple-the-fruit.html