almond, n.Trivia

40% of the world's almonds supply is used by chocolate manufacturers

Walnuts, pistachios and almonds are not nuts, due to having fleshy exteriors instead of shells.

The peach is a member of the almond family

Almonds belong to the peach family

Almond growing in California takes more than half of the commercial honeybees in the US, meaning they have to be temporarily shipped in from almost every other state.

Almonds are resource intensive --- it takes 15 gallons of water to produce just 16 almonds