Here are some fun fruit facts from Hungry Girl's 200 Under 200 book.

• Besides berries, a Starbucks blueberry muffin is stuffed with around 500 calories and 19 grams of fat.
• Research shows that black beans are just as high in antioxidants as fruity powerhouses like grapes and cranberries. Maybe that's why beans are called the "magical fruit."
• Ounce for ounce, fresh raspberries have more fiber than even broccoli.
• Blueberries were very important to northeastern Native American tribes; the berries were often used as medicine. They're also great in cupcakes!
• Bananas are packed to the peel with potassium, making them super-effective at helping to lower or prevent high blood pressure. A banana a day keeps the cardiologist away!
• According to urban legend, falling coconuts kill ten times as many people as shark attacks. We're pretty sure coconut extract never gave anyone a concussion.
• Many kinds of cherries are grown all over the U.S. There's Bing, Brooks, King, Rainier, Tulare, Royal Ann, and Evans. Put 'em together and they sound like the characters in a romance novel - Bing Brooks! King Rainier Tulare! Royal Ann Evans!
• Fuji apples were developed in Fujisaki, Japan, but they're actually a cross between two American apples - Red Delicious and Ralls Genet.
• In the 1800s, rural families considered fruit pies to be a hearty breakfast before a day's work.
• In the U.S., we typically put fruit in our cobblers, but our friends in the U.K. like to fill theirs with meat and veggies. If we have a trans-Atlantic cobbler party, dinner and dessert will be covered.