* The green artichoke is a type of thistle that can be eaten. It presents itself as a large bulb, a cluster of budding flowers all clumped together into a sphere together with leaves on top a base. Some portions of the league, after cooking, become soft and eventually edible. As a food, the cultivation of the artichoke is no small industry. However, in the US, California controls almost a hundred percent of the artichoke crop. However, California is a big state. However, what makes this stat more impressive is that 80% of that majority of artichoke crop in California is actually produced by Monterey County, where Castroville calls themselves the Artichoke Capital of the World, producing so much Artichoke.

* The Earth is a big place, and on it is 80,000 edible plants ready for the picking. However, of a near 90% of food the human population eats is only 30 of these select plants. It makes sense when you factor in things like the fact that a near 100% of corn planted and cultivated is a singular type, as farmers tend to value mass production over nutritional values, through selective breeding, to find the crops that can be produced fast, inexpensively, and ones that can fetch a good price, regardless of the fact that they could grow healthier ones.

* Plants usually grow relatively slowly, as the difference everyday is miniscule. It is hard to have patience to watch a plant grow. However, one plant grows at lighting-fast speeds, which is the bamboo. A tough and hardy plant, the design for which inspired Taipei 101, it is a strong and fast growing building material hardier and stronger than both wood and bricks. It is both a lightweight material, and very renewable. A single bamboo can grow up to 3 feet in a single day, making it the fastest growing plant.