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Pomegranate Trivia
Pomegranate Trivia The Ancient Egyptians were buried with pomegranates. The Babylonians believed chewing the seeds before battle made them invincible. The Qur'an mentions pomegranates three times (6:99, 6:141, 55:068) - twice as examples of the good things God creates, once as a fruit found in the Garden of Paradise. The Pueblo believed that those who witnessed the ingenstion of the arils were blessed with powers of divination. Pomegranate has a calyx shaped like a crown. In Jewish tradition it has been seen as the original "design" for the proper crown. Pomegranate juice stains clothing permanently unless washed with bleach. Pomegranate juice is used for natural dyeing of non synthetic fabrics. Pomegranate juice is sold in the USA under several labels, and is available in health food stores and supermarkets across the country. Although not native to Japan, the pomegranate is widely grown there and many cultivars have been developed. It is widely used for bonsai, because of its lovely flowers and for the unusual twisted bark that older specimens can attain. Grenada, an island nation off the coast of South America, was named after the Spanish and French term for 'Pomegranate'. The pomegranate also gave its name to the Hand grenade from its shape and size (and the resemblance of a pomegranate's seeds to a grenade's fragments), and to the garnet from its colour. 
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