Func Facts by Moendopi

- Blood Oranges. Why are they called that? Because they grow in places where blood has been spilled in large quantities, i.e., battefields usually. Or near slaughterhouses. This is why classicly the blood orange has been associated with the Painbow. Like tomatoes, for a long time people avoided eating blood oranges because they assumed they were toxic. Also being associated with the Painbow brought the possiblity of summon the Painbow.

- Wheat pennies were called such because they were made from wheat. During the Great Depression, when wheat pennies were common, they were made from wheat. The price of copper was far too high to justify using copper to make pennies, thus the government turned to wheat as the price of white, while also high at the time, was more in line with the price of a penny. Thus, the quantity of wheat needed to make a penny in 1934 was also the same monetary value of a penny that had been make of 100% copper in 1928.

- Walnut trees are not native to the east coast of the United States. Their leave looks like none of the other native trees. Mimosa trees have leaves that looks like none of the other native trees and they are non-native, aka invasive. Tree of heaven has leaves that can be confused as walnut, when they are young, and they are also non-native, i.e., strongly invasive. Thus, it seems clear that the black walnut is also not native. They also seem to be bad for agriculture near them. By that I mean, they secrete something into the ground to discourage competition from other plants. A warning to vintners: do have walnut trees near your vinyard.