Curiosities about avocado

Curiosities about avocado.

1. The monounsaturated fatty acid content of avocado oil is so high that it is comparable to that of olive oil in terms of nutritional quality.
2. The Guiness Record for the world's largest avocado belongs to the Venezuelan Gabriel Ramirez Nahim, who in 2009 presented a piece of 2.19 kg. This record remains in force since then.
3. Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable.
4. The Aztec word for avocado was ahuacatl, which means "testicle."
5. Rudolph Hass, a mailman, patented the Hass avocado tree in 1935. The first Hass avocado tree continues to give avocados today.
6. A tree can produce between 150 and 500 avocados a year.
7. Avocados contain more potassium than bananas.