TweetI try to eat at least one avocado a day. Straight out of the shell with a spoon. One of the best foods you can eat.

On average, 53.5 million pounds of guacamole are eaten every Super Bowl Sunday, enough to cover a football field more than 20 feet thick.

Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable.

There are more than 500 avocado varieties.

Avocados are native to Central and South America, where they have been cultivated for over 10,000 years.

Another name for the avocado is the "alligator pear," so-called because of its alligator skin texture and pear shape.

The Aztec word for avocado was ahuacatl, which means "testicle tree".

avocadoSpanish explorers could not pronounce ahuacatl, so they called the avocado aguacate. This is the origin of the word guacamole.

The origin of guacamole is the Aztec avocado sauce called ahuaca-hulli.

Avocados were first introduced to the United States in 1871, when Judge R.B. Ord planted three trees in Santa Barbara, California.

The Hass is the most common avocado in the United States and is the only avocado grown year round.

Rudolph Hass, a postman, patented the Hass avocado tree in 1935. The first Hass avocado tree is still alive and producing fruit.

Mexico is the world's top producer of avocados, with California coming in second.

California boasts 7,000 avocado groves. San Diego County produces 60% of California avocados. Florida is the second main producer in the United States.

Aside from the United States and Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Colombia are the world's top producing countries.

One tree can produce between 150 and 500 avocados per year.

The average avocado contains 300 calories and 30 grams of healthy polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat.

Avocados have the highest protein content of any fruit.

Avocados contain more potassium than bananas.

One avocado contains 81 mcg of lutein, an important nutrient for healthy eyes.

Once an avocado is picked, it takes between 7 and 10 days to ripen. Keeping it in the refrigerator will slow down the ripening process, while putting it in a paper bag with a ripe apple will speed up the process.

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Originally Posted by ketsugo

THATS AWESOME- I LOVE THEM , MY FAVORITE SNAKE JUST PLAIN WITH SALT AND PEPPER. MY APARTMENT IS FILLED WITH PLANTS, I WAS THINKING OF GROWING AN AVOCADO TREE- DO YOU GROW YOUR INSIDE??? HOW MANY ON THE AVERAGE FRUITS DO YOU GET PER MONTH?

They arent producing fruit yet unfortunately, The oldest one is like 6 months or so. I wasnt even sure u could grow them until I read how to online. I think I actually have 7 going now, some the larger and some the regular kind. They do grow pretty fast but it takes around 6 weeks for them to sprout. You can either take the seed and stick toothpicks in it and put it in a cup with water with the flat side of the seed down. Or I have actually just planted 2 in the ground the same way and they both have grown. Ive got them inside on the sunroom now just cause it has froze here some (Florida) but I would keep them outside when its warm. I just planted them in a mixture of potting soil and miracle grow and they blew up pretty quick. I'm trying to grow a group of them so that they can pollinate each other I guess....I think thats how it works. You can search it online as well to find more info.