Anti-Aging Orbits
Fact: #2611
Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent a career total of 520 days in space, orbiting Earth at 28,000 km/h. This… Read More
Fact-A-Day Archive
Don’t be a square
Fact: #2610
In Zentsuji, Japan, farmers produce square watermelons—a much more practical shape for storage and slicing. However, these fruits are inedible,… Read More
A Miracle Berry
Fact: #2609
The Miracle Berry (Synsepalum dulcificum), native to West Africa, contains a protein called miraculin that binds to taste buds and… Read More
Cave to Cocktail
Fact: #2608
The Marula fruit, essential for South Africa’s Amarula cream liqueur, only grows in Africa’s subequatorial plains. Large quantities of the… Read More
Tree of Life
Fact: #2607
The baobab tree begins to bear fruit at 200 years old, producing the only known fruit that dries naturally while… Read More
Berry Special
Fact: #2606
Recently arrived in South Africa, Florida Pearl® strawberries are the product of 11 years of cross-breeding Japanese white varieties with… Read More