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This video is only 1min 10 sec long, do take a look, it is amazing:




Hummingbird Feeder Frenzy in Bigfork Montana in The Flathead Valley
Scott Moore
Uploaded on May 23, 2011

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There are about 7, 500 varieties of apples

All melons are supposed to have originated in India

The first recorded watermelon harvest occurred in Egypt about 5, 000 years ago

Is tomato a fruit or a vegetable? The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893.

And yes, tomato was decided to be a vegetable for everyday purposes (it had to do with import tariffs, see here for a more detailed explanation and here for the legal documents.

(facts from the digital fruit/veg of the month info board in the work cafeteria)