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💡Did you know ? * There are over 10,000 varieties of tomato, these come in a variety of colours including pink, purple, black, yellow and white.🍅
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💡Did you know ? * A tomato is a fruit. The confusion arose after the 1890s when the US supreme court named them a vegetable for taxation purposes. A fruit is the edible part of the plant containing seeds, a vegetable is stem, leaf or root.🍅
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💡Did you know ? * The first tomatoes in Europe were yellow varieties, the Italian for tomato is pomodoro and translates to golden apple.🍅
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💡Did you know ? * "Tomatoes" They were first brought to Europe in the mid 1500’s.🍅
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💡Did you know ? * Tomatoes are the richest source of lycopene which is important for the health of the prostate gland in men.🍅
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💡Did you know ? * Tomatoes increase in weight as they ripen, even after harvesting.🍅
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💡Did you know ? People used to be afraid to eat tomatoes, thinking them poisonous due to their relation to the belladonna or (deadly nightshade) plant.🍅
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💡Did you know ? The scientific name for tomato is Lycopersicon lycopersicum meaning wolf peach 🍅
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Did you know? "Lightning never strikes twice" is just a myth, lightning can strike the same location many times.⚡
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Did you know? the energy contained from a single lightning strike can power a 100 watt light bulb for 90 days.⚡