It takes about ten years for mulberry trees to produce fruit from the seedling stage.

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Fun fact! It takes about ten years for mulberry trees to produce fruit from the seedling stage.

A long wait for mulberries

White agaricus mushrooms contain more protein than kidney beans.

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Fun fact! White agaricus mushrooms contain more protein than kidney beans.

White agaricus mushrooms

Caraway was an ingredient in love potions because it was thought to keep lovers from proving fickle.

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Fun fact! Caraway was an ingredient in love potions because it was thought to keep lovers from proving fickle.

Caraway love potion

Cultivars of persimmon are classified as either astringent or non-astringent, with astringent persimmons needing to be completely ripe and really soft to be palatable. Non-astringent cultivars on the other hand are firm when ripe and can be eaten either firm or more ripened.

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Fun fact! Cultivars of persimmon are classified as either astringent or non-astringent. Click to learn more!

Persimmon cultivars

Potatoes were first introduced to North America in 1691, and first planted in New Hampshire in 1719. About 80 years later, the first French fries were served at the White House during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.

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Fun fact! Potatoes were first introduced to North America in 1691, and first planted in New Hampshire in 1719. Click to learn more.

Potatoes in North America

Sugar plants in the U.S. and Brazil burn bagasse, a byproduct of sugar production, to produce electricity in their plants. In Brazil, these plants generate approximately 1,800 megawatts of surplus electricity; about 3% of the country’s overall electricity needs.

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Fun fact! Sugar plants in the U.S. and Brazil burn bagasse, a byproduct of sugar production, to produce electricity in their plants. Click to read more.

Powered by sugarcane

Flour made from yellow mustard is a very good emulsifying agent and stabilizer often used in sauces and prepared meats.

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Fun fact! Flour made from yellow mustard is a very good emulsifying agent and stabilizer often used in sauces and prepared meats.

Mustard flour

Oil from fig seeds has a 30% fatty acid composition that includes oleic, linoleic, linolenic, palmitic, stearic and arachidic fatty acids.

Fun fact! Oil from fig seeds has a 30% fatty acid composition that includes oleic, linoleic, linolenic, palmitic, stearic and arachidic fatty acids.

Fig seed oil

European varieties of plums are predominantly grown for processing into prunes, while Japanese varieties of plums are grown exclusively for the fresh market.

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Fun fact! European varieties of plums are predominantly grown for processing into prunes, while Japanese varieties of plums are grown exclusively for the fresh market.

European vs Japanese plums

To make one can of jellied cranberry sauce requires about 200 cranberries.

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Fun fact! To make one can of jellied cranberry sauce requires about 200 cranberries.

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