10 unnecessary ridiculous facts about avocados

Ugh. Soft as butter, creamy and actually delicious on just about anything. The avocado. Perhaps the most photographed piece of fruit on the Gram. Time for 10 facts about the most popular fruit of the moment.

1. But straight to the point: avocado is a fruit (from a plant), not a vegetable.
2. The literal translation of ‘avocado’ is a funny one... Here it comes. Testicle. HAHA. The name originally comes from the word ‘ahuacatl’ in Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Nahua, the original inhabitants of present-day Mexico. It must have something to do with that shape, right?
3. Due to its wrinkled skin, the avocado is also called alligator pear or crocodile pear.

4. Dutch people eat an average of twelve avocados per year. Hmm, I uh, fear that I will go over that...
5. Last year, a total of 415 million kilos of avocados came into our country, according to figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics. That's 19 percent more than in 2019.
6. And, more than 3,000,000 photos of avocado toasts are uploaded on Instagram daily.

7. Did you know that there are more than five hundred (!) types of avocados that each differ in taste, appearance, and ripening? Wait, what?

8. Due to the high concentration of folic acid, the avocado is also considered an aphrodisiac: lust-inducing foods, ohlala.

9. Psssst, avo hack: If you put an avocado in a bag with a banana or an apple, they will ripen super fast. These fruits produce a lot of ethylene, a substance that accelerates ripening.

10. It's a myth that you need to keep the pit in your guacamole to prevent browning. Adding a bit of lime or lemon juice to your cut avocado or guacamole works much better.