Cashew nuts grow on the outside of the cashew apple, a fruit that is itself edible but highly perishable.

The average person breathes about 22,000 times per day.

Butterflies can see ultraviolet patterns on flowers.

The Tibetan Plateau, sometimes called the 'Roof of the World,' averages an elevation of over 4,500 meters.

The Tour de France cyclists burn approximately 8,000 calories per stage — more than 3 times a normal person's daily need.

The açaí berry must be processed within 24 hours of picking — it rapidly ferments after harvest.

Cooking pasta al dente (firm to the bite) gives it a lower glycemic index than fully cooked pasta.

The microwave oven was invented accidentally when Percy Spencer noticed a radar magnetron melted a chocolate bar in his pocket.

The kiwifruit was originally called the Chinese gooseberry — it was rebranded for Western markets in the 1950s.