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title: "13 Interesting Facts About Pineapple"
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date: 2023-06-30
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description: "In 2017, in Scotland, two students entered an art gallery and, finding an empty table, placed a pineapple there to see if people would take it for art. When they returned 4 days later, the pineapple was covered with glass protection."
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# 13 Interesting Facts About Pineapple

1. Pineapples in the 1700s were worth over $8000 in present-day currency. People would literally rent them to flex at parties. - [Source](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65506/super-luxe-history-pineapples-and-why-they-used-cost-8000)

2. In 2017, in [Scotland](https://www.kickassfacts.com/scotland-facts/), two students entered an art gallery and, finding an empty table, placed a pineapple there to see if people would take it for art. When they returned 4 days later, the pineapple was covered with glass protection. - [Source](https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/f46a1a5a-2aa2-44ae-a80c-f8eaca5b1035)

3. Adding salt to pineapples makes them sweeter. The salt reacts with the acids of the fruit, thus converting it into a neutral compound and losing the sour taste. Because of this, the pineapple then becomes sweeter. - [Source](https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/11/04/2732686.htm)

4. Passengers leaving Hawaii on Alaska Airlines can travel with one "properly packaged" box of pineapples as checked baggage for free. - [Source](https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/baggage/baggage-fee-waivers-exceptions)

5. The pineapple is indigenous to South America and has been cultivated there for centuries. In the wild, pineapples are pollinated primarily by [hummingbirds](https://www.kickassfacts.com/hummingbirds-facts/) but certain wild pineapples are foraged and pollinated at night by bats. - [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple)

![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pineapple-1.jpg)

6. The enzyme bromelain in pineapples literally digests the tissues in your mouth, hence the sore mouth feeling when you eat pineapples. - [Source](https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/pineapple-mouth-burns)

7. Pineapple scales form diagonal rows corresponding with numbers in the Fibonacci sequence. - [Source](https://blog.doublehelix.csiro.au/fibonacci-fruit/)

8. The controversial pineapple topping on pizza actually originates in Canada in 1962. - [Source](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40230407)

9. Australia gave The Queen 500 cases of tinned pineapple as a wedding gift in 1947. - [Source](https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/queenslands-prickly-royal-wedding-gift-20110426-1durq.html)

10. In the 18th century, British sailors often placed a pineapple, the exotic proof of distant travel, on a gatepost to announce their return from abroad. In 1776, when the British lost, John Murray, the last British Governor of Virginia, returned home and built a 46-foot Pineapple on his house. - [Source](https://houseandhistory.com/dunmore-pineapple/)

![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pineapple-farm.jpg)

11. Pineapples need very large amounts of pesticides, about 20kg of active ingredient per hectare per cycle. The soil is sterilized; biodiversity is eliminated. Fourteen to 16 different types of treatment are typically needed, and many have to be applied several times. - [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/oct/02/truth-about-pineapple-production)

12. There is a pineapple on top of the Wimbledon trophy because it used to be a symbol of prestige at the time when the trophy was designed. - [Source](https://www.tennis365.com/grand-slam/wimbledon/tennis-tales-whats-the-story-behind-the-wimbledon-pineapple-2)

13. Lanai was once the largest pineapple plantation in the United States. In 1961, Castle & Cooke, Inc., after merging with Dole, took over the management of Lanai and, with 98 percent ownership of the island, established luxury resorts, golf courses, and residences. - [Source](https://www.britannica.com/place/Lanai)