💡 Fruits — Fun Facts

The jackfruit is one of the biggest fruits that grows on a tree.

In Vietnam it is called mít. A single jackfruit can be as heavy as a big dog.

The heaviest watermelon ever grown weighed more than a baby elephant!

It was far too heavy to lift by hand. That is one giant, juicy fruit.

Dragon fruit has bright pink skin and white insides with tiny black seeds.

In Vietnam it is called thanh long. It is soft, sweet, and very pretty to look at.

A lemon tastes very sour and can make your face scrunch up.

Lemons are full of a tangy juice. A tiny taste can make your lips pucker!

Grapes can be dried in the sun to become raisins.

When a grape loses its water, it turns into a small, chewy raisin. Both are sweet.

Oranges are full of vitamin C, which helps keep you healthy.

Vitamin C helps your body fight off sniffles. Oranges are sweet and full of juice.

Watermelon is mostly water, which is why it is so juicy.

When you bite it, the juice drips out. It is a cool, sweet snack on a hot day.

A strawberry can have around 200 tiny seeds on the outside.

Those little specks on a strawberry's skin are its seeds — and each one could grow into a whole new plant. Carrying seeds on the outside is one reason a strawberry isn't a true berry.

A pineapple can take almost two years to grow.

A pineapple plant grows slowly and makes just one pineapple at a time, taking roughly 18 to 24 months from planting to a ripe, juicy fruit.

Apples float in water because they are about a quarter air.

Around 25% of an apple is made up of tiny air pockets, which makes it light enough to float. That's exactly why the game of 'apple bobbing' works.