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Apple seeds contain cyanide. The seeds of apple also known as "pips",contain a sugar/cyanide compound called
"amygdalin" which turns into hydrogen cyanide when it is metabolized in your body. Hydrogen cyanide was
one of the key ingredients of Zyklan B, the trade name of the pesticide used by the Nazis in their gas chamber.
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The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is a popular model organism in genetics research.
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TOMATO is the first Genetically Modified food crop produced due to its delayed ripening process.
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¤ Bamboo is the tallest grass.
¤ Bamboo is the fastest-growing woody plant in the world, it can grow 35 inches in a single day.
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Pineapples can destroy your taste buds. Pineapple contains an enzyme called bromelain. This enzyme breaks
down proteins in your mouth, namely your taste buds. This can wreck your palate for the rest of the day until
your mouth can heal itself.
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The largest seed is produced by the coco de mer, or "double coconut palm", Lodoicea maldivica. The entire fruit
may weigh up to 23 kilograms (50 pounds) and usually contains a single seed.
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Spiders are not insects, they are arachnids.
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The average hen will lay 227 eggs a year.
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The desert locust is the world’s most destructive insect.
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The smallest winged insect, the Tanzanian parasitic wasp, is smaller than a housefly's eye.
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Calcium oxalate is the chemical that causes itchiness in Gabi/Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
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Coffee is the second most traded commodity on Earth after oil.
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The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or "corpse flower". They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the
record being 42 inches.

Mangoes are the third most important fruit crop in the Philippines based on export volume and value next to
bananas and pineapples.

The word “farm” is from the Old French

ferme , meaning to “rent, lease,” and the Latin firmare , “to fix, settle, confirm, strengthen.”

The Economy of the Philippines is the world's 34th largest economy by nominal GDP according to the 2017
estimate of the International Monetary Fund's statistics, it is the 13th largest economy in Asia, and the 3rd
largest economy in the ASEAN after Indonesia and Thailand. The Philippines is one of the emerging markets
and is the sixth richest in Southeast Asia by GDP per capita values, after the regional countries of Singapore,
Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

The smallest winged insect, the Tanzanian parasitic wasp, is smaller than a housefly's eye.
The largest seed is produced by the coco de mer, or "double coconut palm", Lodoicea maldivica. The entire fruit
may weigh up to 23 kilograms (50 pounds) and usually contains a single seed.

Bamboo is the tallest grass.

¤ Bamboo is the fastest-growing woody plant in the world, it can grow 35 inches in a single day.

Pineapples can destroy your taste buds. Pineapple contains an enzyme called bromelain. This enzyme breaks
down proteins in your mouth, namely your taste buds. This can wreck your palate for the rest of the day until
your mouth can heal itself.

Brown eggs come from hens with red feathers and red ear lobes; white eggs come from hens with white feathers
and white ear lobes. Shell color is determined by the breed of hen and has no effect on its quality, nutrients or
flavor.

Coffee is the second most traded commodity on Earth after oil.

TOMATO is the first Genetically Modified food crop produced due to its delayed ripening process.

Calcium oxalate is the chemical that causes itchiness in Gabi/Taro (Colocasia esculenta)

The desert locust is the world’s most destructive insect

The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is a popular model organism in genetics research.

The average hen will lay 227 eggs a year.

IR64616H (Magat hybrid) became the first hybrid rice variety in the Philippines.