Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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Carrots were originally purple. The dutch monarch planted carrot seeds together until the carrots grew orange to match their royal color - The House of Orange. Orange carrots were a symbol of prestige.
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According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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There is a family with a genetic condition that makes their skin blue, who have been isolated in rural Kentucky for generations.
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