Insane Archive

Insane Archive

The Flower That Fooled Your Taste Buds and Got Banned by the Mayor
If you’ve ever eaten an artichoke, you’ve actually been eating a flower thistle.
 • Shawn Grows
The Grass That Breathes for Us
Most people don’t know this, but humans get more oxygen from bamboo than from trees.
 • Shawn Grows
The Golden Fruit That Sparked an International Smuggling War
Most of you will never grow a golden kiwi.
 • Shawn Grows
The Lost Plant That Gave Us the Heart Shape
The fake shape that everyone calls a heart actually came from a plant.
 • Shawn Grows
The Plant That Stitched Eyes Shut and Became Tequila
It sounds a bit strange, but the plant used to make tequila was also used for surgery.
 • Shawn Grows
The Food of the Gods You've Never Actually Eaten
Most of you have never eaten raw chocolate.
 • Shawn Grows
The Drink That Started as Medicine and Ended as Soda
Most people have never actually had real root beer.
 • Shawn Grows
The Fruit That Mastodons Ate and Humans Saved
If you were to eat a wild pumpkin, you’d probably suffer extreme diarrhea.
 • Shawn Grows
The Flower That Started a War
The world’s most expensive spice actually comes from a flower.
 • Shawn Grows
The Flavor That Comes From Wood Pulp
Most people have never actually tasted real vanilla.
 • Shawn Grows
The Fruit That Smells Like Death and Tastes Like Vanilla
One of the stinkiest fruits you’ll ever see grown is the durian.
 • Shawn Grows
The Three Year Wait for a Vegetable That Grows Five Inches in a Day
Most of you will never grow asparagus.
 • Shawn Grows
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