Classmate Facts # 62 - Veggie Facts!

1. The Mexican jumping bean is not a bean! It is actually a thin shelled section of a seed capsule containing larva of a small grey moth called the Jumping Bean moth!

2. If you dream of a cucumber in a night, a new romance will blossom soon in your life!

3. Did you know that some people have the fear of Vegetables! And it is called Lahnaphobia!

4. An average ear of corn has 800 kernels arranged in sixteen rows!

5. In ancient Greece and Rome, people put parsley on the graves of their dead. The parsley was supposed to ward off the devil!

6. The Hindus consider the Basil Plant or "Tulsi" as sacred. The plant is worshipped as Lord Vishnu's wife!