10 Things Probably You Didn't Know About Grapefruit.

Grapefruit Facts

The health benefits of grapefruits are many and nearly unmatched by any other fruit. Indeed, your body will love being nourished by grapefruit, but there are also very interesting facts about the Grapefruit that can nourish your mind as well.

Check out below for 10 interesting facts about grapefruit.

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1. Grapefruit, first found in the West Indies in the 1700s.
2. Grapefruit is a hybrid originating in Barbados as an accidental cross between the pomelo and the orange.
3. In the 1800s a Jamaican farmer coined the term “grapefruit.”
4. The grapefruit got its name from the way it grows in the bunch like grapes.
5. The grapefruit was first described in 1750 by Griffith Hughes who called it the "forbidden fruit" of Barbados.
6. There are more than 20 varieties of grapefruits but around 5 are grown commercially.
7. While some varieties are seedless, there may be up to 50 white, elliptical, pointed seeds about 1/2 inches in length seen in some.
8. Grapefruit is 92% water
9. grapefruits floats in water.
10. Vanguard 1, the first solar powered satellite is called “the grapefruit satellite due to its shape and size and its orbiting earth since 1958.

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