TRIVIA

In the French language, tomato is

called “pomme d’amour”, or “love
apple,” because the heart-shaped
fruit was originally thought of as an
aphrodisiac.
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Tomatoes were once thought to be poisonous, and it was
only in the 16th century when the popularity of tomatoes
rose. In 1820, the state of New York even passed a law
banning their consumption!

The truth was finally revealed on September 26, 1830,

when Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson consumed an
entire bag of tomatoes before a shocked crowd on the
steps of the courthouse in Salem, New York. And … he
never died!
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Space Tomatoes
In 1984 12.5 million tomato seeds (Rutgers California Supreme),
were sent into space where they circled the earth for 6 years
aboard a satellite, until the crew of the Columbia retrieved
them. Back on earth they were distributed to more than 3
million school children, 64,000 teachers and others around the
world. When planted, no significant differences were found
between them and their terrestrial counterparts.