Avocados are a popular food in many places around the world. Largely grown in tropical regions, the fruit that grows on an avocado tree is actually classified as a berry. Many people eat avocados in many different forms. Here are seven things you don’t know about avocados.

1. The avocado is also known by the name of the butter pear and the alligator pear.

2. Ancient Aztecs often referred to avocados as the “fertility fruit”.

3. The avocado has the highest fiber content of any fruit grown any where.

4. The average avocado tree can produce 110-130 avocados each year.

5. Ninety-five percent of all avocados grown in the United States are grown in the state of California.

6. Approximately three fourths of the calories in an avocado come from fat found naturally in the fruit.

7. Most experts agree that if humans had not interfered and begun cultivating avocado trees centuries ago, the avocado would’ve naturally gone extinct.

Avocados are loved by many, and not just as an ingredient in guacamole. The avocado is an important ingredient in many dishes and will remain popular with people from all walks of life for a long time to come.

Known specifically as a classic summertime food, the watermelon is one of the more popular picnic or family gathering foods around. Coming in a number of different sizes, and available in both seeded and seedless varieties, the watermelon is immediately recognizable due to it’s green skin. Most people are very familiar with watermelons, but here are 7 Things You Don’t Know About: Watermelons.

1. More watermelons are produced in China than in any other country in the world.

2. Many scientists believe that watermelons were first domestically cultivated in the Nile Valley of Africa.

3. In many countries, including China, watermelon rind is used in stir fry, pickled, and also stewed.

4. Because of their short shelf life at the time, watermelons weren’t widely available in grocery stores until the mid 1940′s.

5. Though most classify watermelon as a fruit, the State of Oklahoma named the watermelon as the state’s official vegetable in 2007.

6. To make them easier to stack, some farmers in Japan grow watermelons within clear boxes causing the fruit to grow to fill the space provided and take on a cube-like shape.

7. On average, water makes up 92% of the weight of a watermelon.

Watermelons will be continued to be enjoyed by a large number of people every summer. The sweet juiciness of the watermelon makes it a favorite for young and old alike. One taste and it is easy to see why the watermelon is present at most picnics and family gatherings every summer.

Who doesn’t love pizza? Pizza has been described as the world’s perfect food. We know its the perfect food for students. But, here are 7 Things You Don’t Know About: Pizza.

1. The longest pizza delivery, according to the Guiness Book of World Records, was from London to Melbourne, Australia. A total of 10,532 miles.
2. Pizza didn’t become widely popular in American until after World War II, when returning veterans brought back stories of the dish from the campaign through Italy.
3. Domino’s Pizza was founded in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1960.
4. The world’s first pizzeria is widely accepted to be Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba in Naples, which started indoor service in about 1830.
5. Shakey’s Pizza, opening in 1954, was one of the first chain pizza restaurants. Pizza Hut followed in 1958.
6. Gennaro Lombardi opened a grocery story in Little Italy, Manhattan in 1897 and in 1905 he began serving pizza. This is generally regarded to be the first pizzeria in the United States of America.
7. The two most common misconceptions about the origin of pizza state that it was brought back to Italy by Marco Polo from China or that it was invented by Italian immigrants in America; Pizza, as we know it now, was first made in Naples, Italy.

Mmmmm, pizza! Now you know a little bit more about that perfect food.

Cheese goes with almost everything, well almost. Mmmm just melt some on top and you’ve got a delicious dish – no matter what is underneath it. But, here are 7 Things You Don’t Know About: Cheese.

1. The red coloring in some cheeses is caused by adding annatto which is a derivative of the achiote tree.
2. Cheesemaking dates back to before Roman times, though no one is sure where the practice began.
3. The first industrial factory used to make cheese commercially opened in Switzerland in 1815.
4. On average the United States produces over twice as much cheese as the 2nd place country (usually Germany or France).
5. In Homer’s Odyssey, the Cyclops is noted as having made his own cheese.
6. The hobby of collecting cheese labels is called “tyrosemiophilia”.
7. Though the United States is the largest cheese producer by far, they are not in the top ten of cheese exporters as almost all of the cheese produced there is for domestic use.

Cheese is an incredibly popular food and will most likely remain so for a long time, kind of odd when you consider that part of the cheesemaking process is basically the controlled spoilage of milk byproducts.