Vegetables
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California and Arizona grow 99.5% of the lettuce grown in the U.S.
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A mushroom is a fungus (from the Greek word sphongos, meaning "sponge").
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The first European to "discover" chili peppers was Christopher Columbus in America in 1493.
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Green, sweet bell peppers have 2 times as much vitamin C as oranges; red and yellow bell peppers have 4 times as much.
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Spinach has an undeserved reputation for being high in iron. In 1870, Dr. E von Wolf measured the iron content of spinach, but... more