The first type of aspirin, painkiller and fever reducer came from the tree bark of a willow tree!
85% of plant life is found in the ocean!
Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make people feel happy!
The Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply!
Dendrochronology is the science of calculating a tree's age by its rings!
Apple is 25% air, that is why it floats on water!
The first potatoes were cultivated in Peru about 7,000 years ago!
Leaving the skin on potatoes while cooking is healthier as all the vitamins are in the skin!
Around 2000 different types of plant are used by humans to make food!
Small pockets of air inside cranberries cause them to bounce and float in water!
Cabbage has 91% water content!
Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree!
Oak trees don't produce acorns until they are 50 years old.
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