10 Things probably you didn't know about Apple.

Apple Facts

You must have heard this centuries-old folk wisdom "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" which is popular since the 17th century but do you know during the 17th century the word "apple" was used as a generic term for all (foreign) fruit other than berries, but including nuts. So our ancestor's were actually saying fruits make you healthier. And this info tells me, Sir Issac Newton must be giving the example of any fruits falling from the tree to explain gravity in his time. I did some searches it was an apple tree in Sir, Issac Newton backyard so Eureka for the formula of gravity was Apple for sure. Read below to find 10 interesting facts about apple probably you didn't know before. If you know something interesting about Apple that I forget here, post it in the comment section below.

The earliest apple trees grew in what is now Kazakhstan some 30,000 years ago.

Almaty, whose old name 'Alma-Ata' means 'father of apples' in Kazakh, has claimed the honor of being the birthplace of the apple.

Alexander the Great is credited with introducing dwarf apples to Europe in the 4th Century BC. After the Invasion of Kazakhstan.

Apple trees can live and bear fruits for more than 100 years.

There are more than 7,500 varieties of apples grown around the world. It would take you more than 20 years to try them all if you ate one a day!
The apples you're buying could be one year old. Farmers use controlled atmosphere storage, where the temperature is lowered and oxygen levels are reduced to negligible to slow down apple ripening process.

Apples are 25% air, Which is why they float in water.

Apple seeds contain a small amount of toxic cyanide and can be poisonous but it takes quite a few of them to kill you and only if they have been crushed.

The word "apple" was used as a generic term for all (foreign) fruit, other than berries, including nuts, as late as the 17th century.

Hokuto apples are among the largest grown apple, weight about 1.849 kg. and Tiddly pomme is measured the smallest size apple, are about the size of a golf ball.