APPLE : Vital Nutrients Trivia and More

Apple Trivia

• Did you know that Apple is 86% water
• Did you know that there are 7,500 different varieties of Apple, 2,500 of which are cultivated in the US
• Did you know that the Bible never mentioned that the "forbidden fruit", Adam and Eve ate, was an Apple. The association may have been because the Latin word for Apple and evil is nearly identical (Malum)
• Did you know that George Washington grew and pruned his own apple trees in his spare time
• Did you know that Danish folklore says that apples wither around adulterers
• Did you know that the term "the Big Apple" (referring, of course, to New York City) was coined in the 1920s. The word "Apple" then is slang for any town or city.
• Did you know that according to a popular legend, an Apple falling off a tree is the inspiration of Isaac Newton in formulating his Gravity theories
• Did you know that Swiss folklore holds that William Tell shot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow.