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

• Crystal City, Texas, is strong to the finish and proud of it. In 1937, this spinach-growing community erected a statue of Popeye in honor of how popular he made their favorite leafy green veggie. However, the muscled-up sailor got no such love from the sweet potato community for his catchphrase, "I yam what I yam."
• Let's say you order an appetizer of potato skins and split it with friends. Even three little skins will set you back around 300 calories and 17 grams of fat. And that's BEFORE you even get your main dish. There's nothing "skinny" about that!
• Most of us are used to plain old white cauliflower, but it also grows in green, orange, yellow, brown and even purple varieties. Put them all together, and you've got one amazing Technicolor casserole. Or, um, just a scary gray one.
• Avocados aren't just delicious. Spanish conquistadors used the liquid from the avocado seeds to make reddish-blackish ink.
• Catherine de Medicis is credited as the gal who introduced artichokes to France. According to a royal chronicler, she ate so much at a courtier's wedding that she "thought she would die, and was very il." We've been there, Catherine.
• Ever wonder why bell peppers aren't hot like other peppers? Bell peppers actually have a recessive gene that cuts out capsaicin, the stuff that makes other peppers spicy.
• January 6th is National Bean Day. Eat up!
• In the 1920s, the word "tomato" was slang for a good-looking woman. The Aztecs called tomatoes "xitomatl," which means "plump thing with a navel." Hmmm, forget "tomato." How about you just say we're pretty?
• In Australia, butternut squash is called "butternut pumpkin" and is used just like ordinary pumpkin. Bet they have some crazy, narrow-headed jack-o-lanterns down under!
• In France, green beans are called haricots verts. It's basically an exact translation. Haricot means "bean" and vert means "green."