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Yay🎉!! On today's episode of FRUITY FACTS we are discussing COCONUTS🥥 🥥 DID YOU KNOW?⁉️⁉️ 1. The coconut tree is botanically named Cocus Nucifera and they can grow up to 82 feet (25 meters) high. 2. The name coconut is actually a combination of nut, and the Portuguese word coco, meaning head of skull 3. Coconut water contains 94% water(on average) with approximately 46 calories a cup. 4. A coconut tree can produce up to 180 coconuts during a single harvest. 5. Coconut oils contain MCT’s, a medium-chain triglycerides which are easy to digest. 6.The oil is a source of energy and has an accelerating effect on metabolism. Coconut oils are very healthy and good for your heart. 7. Coconut oils also contain four growth hormones, called cytokinins, and three sets of chromosomes that help the development of many organisms. 8. Coconut can be used in hair regrowth and anti-ageing cosmetics. 9. Coconuts, in different forms, are anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-parasite. …
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Rawgold
@cryptomaniac24
11. Just like mangoes, cashews and cherries, the coconut is actually a drupe and not a nut. The drupe is an item that has a fleshy outer around a pit. 12. The husk of a coconut can actually be burnt to act as a natural mosquito repellent, a process used in many countries around the world. 13. The coconut palm is actually the national tree of The Maldives. 14. Falling coconuts kill 150 people every year – 10 times the number of people killed by sharks. 15. During the Pacific War of 1941-45, coconut water was used to give emergency plasma transfusions to wounded soldiers. 16. Coconut grenades were a weapon used in World War II by the Japanese in which a coconut was filled with items most importantly a grenade, and then thrown at the enemy. 17. Coconut oil has swept the beauty world with so many celebrities and iconic figures swearing by it including Eva Mendes and Priyanka Chopra.
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