tomato, n.Trivia

Tomatoes are ripened by heat, not sunlight

Tomatoes are the fruit of the tomato plant.

Tomato plants fertilized with human urine produce up to four times more fruit and have higher levels of beta-carotene & protein than traditional fertilizers.

Tomatoes are originally from the South American Andes around modern day Peru

Tomatoes have more genes than humans.

For hundreds of years, people were scared of tomatoes in Europe and America. They thought eating one could turn you into a werewolf or make you a witch.

tomatoes are varietous --- There are more than 7500 varieties grown around the world.

Ancient Veggies Were Small, Unpalatable. Ancient tomatoes were the size of berries; potatoes were no bigger than peanuts. Corn was a wild grass, its tooth-cracking kernels borne in clusters as small as pencil erasers

Tomatoes are botanically classed as a fruit rather than a vegetable because they have seeds and grow from a flowering plant

Tomatoes are both the state vegetable and state fruit of Arkansas.

Tomatoes were classed by the Supreme Court as a vegetable in a 1887 U.S. tariff law dispute which imposed a duty on vegetables based on the fact that they are usually served with dinner and not as a dessert