1. Over 400,000 species of plants are identified and only 20,000 are eaten by humans.
2. Potatoes were the first vegetable to be grown in outer space in 1996!
3. The Victorian Water Lily is capable of holding an average human.
4. The Gimpy Gimpy, despite its funny name, can force animals and people to hard reset. The pain is described as a mix of an acid burn and an electric shock, and they would rather Inanimate Insanity 2 Finale, if you know what I mean...
5. The skeleton flower is called that because it becomes transparent when it rains.
6. Broccoli did not just occur naturally but humans bred it from wild mustard.
7. Plants don't have ears but could sense vibrations. Studies show that plants like mustard greens can sense if a caterpillar munches on its leaves by producing chemicals.
8. The dumb cane or "mother-in-law's tongue", has a poison that could affect your ability to speak.
9. Plants like the Arabidospis can remember stress events like pests or droughts. If any related event happens again, they'll react faster from previous "memory" to survive better.
10. Scientists discovered that plants like Moss generate a little bit of electricity during photosynthesis. Researchers are finding more information about this plant energy as a new source of renewable energy. Zoo wee mama!
11. Caffeine isn't just something to help us lock in and stay awake, it's used by Tea and Coffee plants as a natural pesticide. They use this to keep bugs away and to stunt other plant growths to reduce competition.
12. Yes Rico, Kaboom. The Sandbox Tree or "Dynamite Tree" produce fruits that disperse seeds. When the fruits are ripe they POP sending them out at speeds at up to 150 MPH! Can't stop the A-Train!
13. With scientific backup, Bananas are berries but Strawberries aren't. Fruits that are berries must grow from one flower with one ovary. Bananas do and strawberries don't.
14. The Ginkgo Biloba, usually nicknamed "Living Fossil", has went through 200,000,000 years of the Ice Age, dinosaurs and human development!
(Back in my day ahh tree)
15. The HOTTEST chili pepper is Pepper X measuring 3,000,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Units)! Just one bite and 💀.
16. The "seeds" on the external layer of the strawberry aren't actually seeds, but they are called achenes. The real seeds are inside the achenes.
17. There's a fruit called the Syncepalum Dulcificum or the Miracle Fruit that could change the taste of food. For example, sour food would turn sweet.
18. Strangler Fig Trees are known for "suffocating" other trees. Over time, they replace the host tree with their own trunk network, leaving a hollow center where the original tree once stood. That hurts.
19. Researchers have discovered that tomato plants make ultrasonic sounds when they're stressed, like if they're dehydrated or damaged. These sounds, though inaudible to humans, might be detectable by other plants or animals.
20. Known as the "Bottle Tree" the African baobab tree can hold up to 120,000 liters of water in its massive trunk, allowing it to survive extreme droughts and provide water for animals and people in arid regions. Zoo-wee mama!
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