Special Segment
A rapid fire burst of quick and surprising facts about the featured fruit or vegetable.
The Fun Fact Lightning Round is a fast and playful segment where the hosts fire off several quick facts back to back. It is short, snappy, and packed with the kind of trivia you cannot wait to share with someone.
The hosts take turns rattling off bite size facts as quickly as they can. There is no long discussion, just one surprising nugget after another until the round is done.
Quick facts are easy to remember and fun to repeat. This segment gives listeners a handful of conversation starters and keeps the energy of the episode high.
- A tomato is botanically a fruit but is used like a vegetable.
- Apples float because about a quarter of their volume is air.
- Carrots were once commonly purple before orange ones became popular.
- Pumpkins are made up of mostly water.
- From Season 8, jackfruit can grow as heavy as eighty pounds.
- From Season 9, ginger is a root that belongs to the same family as turmeric.
- From Season 10, olive branches are an ancient symbol of peace.
- The lightning round is often the segment listeners quote the most.
- The hosts keep a running list of facts that were too good to leave out.
- Some facts are so surprising that listeners write in to double check them.
The Fun Fact Lightning Round appears in every episode and is a favorite quick break between the deeper segments.
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