Post Homework: General Facts That You Should Know

Did you know that ...

...the bamboo tree is not a tree but belongs to the grass family
...a guinea pig is not a pig but a rodent and it is not named after Guinea in Africa or Papua New Guinea in Asia but a native to South America
...tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits and not vegetables
...French fries did not originate in France but probably in Belgium
...chickenpox is an extremely contagious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus and not by chicken
...the so-called black box or the flight data recorder of an airplane is orange in color
...an alligator pear is not an animal but a fruit commonly known as avocado
...the spiders are not insects but arachnids, which are usually carnivorous and terrestrial
...Indian ink did not originate from India but from China and Japan
...blackberries are actually small purple fruits and not black in color

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