10 Things Probably You Didn't Know About Strawberry.

Strawberry Facts

Strawberries are not only delicious, but they are also good for health, too. They are one of the healthiest fruits a person can have. The berries contain antioxidants, fiber, folic acid, and more vitamin C than any other berry. They also have a lot of water in them, which is why they are so juicy. There are also very interesting facts about strawberry that can nourish your mind as well.

Check out the below for some fascinating facts about this juicy fruits.

1. Strawberries are native to North America. The first colonists in America shipped strawberry plants back to Europe around 1600s. Early Americans did not bother cultivating strawberries because they were plentiful in the wilds.
2. The first garden strawberries were built 300 years ago in France thanks to King Louis XIV, a well-known admirer of the fruit.
3. Strawberries originated through cross-breeding of the Virginian and Chilean woodland berries.
4. Strawberry word has its origin from Old English words “steowberie” or “streawbelige”. There are many theories associated with the origin of the word. The Old English word for the berry was strēawberige, and the exact origin of the name is not known. The most likely explanation is that the seedlike achenes that cover the strawberry were thought to resemble straw.
5. There are around 2,000 strawberry species, which differ in taste, size, and color. There is even a white strawberry which tastes like a pineapple.
6. strawberries contain around 92 percent water per fruit.
7. There is a museum in Belgium just for strawberries.
8. Strawberries are the only fruit that wears their seeds on the outside. The average berry is adorned with some 200 of them.
9. Some strawberries are of Apple size.
10. The Internet weighs the same as a strawberry. The weight of all the electrons in motion that make up the internet at any one given moment is equivalent to 50 grams according to Youtuber Vsauce.

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