Interesting Facts about Carrots

Carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist. It has a crisp texture when fresh. The most commonly eaten part of a carrot is a taproot, although the greens are edible as well. Here are some interesting facts about Carrots :-

1. Carrots have been garden-grown for nearly 2,000 years. Historians believe carrots originally came from Afghanistan.

2. Carrots are high in vitamin A and carotenoids. The fat-soluble carotenoids are powerful antioxidants that can protect against cardiovascular disease.

3. Red, black yellow, white, purple were the colors that carrots started out with.

Interesting facts about Water

Water is a transparent fluid which forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans and rain, and is the major constituent of the fluids of living things.We All know the importance of water, so lets look at some interesting facts about water :

1. Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.

2. Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain.