OLIVE TRIVIA

We bet you didn’t know …

 

	Olive trees can live to be 1500 years old! (Remember those trees in Jerusalem!). The average lifespan of an Olive tree is 500 years. Oh, if only those olive trees could talk!
	The Olive is a fruit and the only fruit that produces oil.
	Greeks consume more olive oil per person than any other nation (25 liters/person each year compared to 1.3 liters/person each year in Britain).
	One tablespoon of olive oil erases the cholesterol raising effect of two eggs.
	Thomas Jefferson called olive oil the richest gift from heaven.
	Olive oil consumption has skyrocketed. In the United States alone, 231 million pounds of olive oil was consumed in 2003.
	During the Olympics (original Olympic Games in Greece), all athletes carried olive oil in small little bottles to massage themselves before and after their games.
	Olive oil is an antidote for ammonia poisoning