pineapple, n.Trivia

A pineapple is neither an apple or a pine. It is, in fact, a large berry

Salting pineapples makes them sweeter, as the salt neutralizes the acidic sour taste, resulting in an amplified sweetness.

Pineapples in the 1700s were worth over $8000 in present-day currency. People would literally rent them to flex at parties.

Hawaii is a country of pineapples --- over a third come from Hawaii

Pineapples were a status symbol in 18th century England. The rich would carry them around, and even rent them, to show their wealth

Pineapple is a natural painkiller.

Pineapple can act as a natural painkiller.