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We grew so much used to eating peanuts that we often forget how amazing they are. These crunchy nuts are large sources of vitamins and can be transformed into a variety of dishes, peanut butter being our most preferred. We really do not know the peanuts apart from the fact that they are delicious, but everything will change now. Here are amusing and interesting facts about peanuts that you probably did not know.

The peanuts are not nuts. It's not because something has a "walnut" in that it's actually a nut! Yes, it does not make sense, but peanuts are actually legumes. They do not grow on trees like all "real walnuts". Instead, they form underground like roots and belong to the family of chickpeas, lentils and soy.

It takes about 600 peanuts to make 350 grams of peanut butter.This is the size of your regular cacahuet butter pot!

The peanut butter is older than all we realized. Experts believe that it was created for the first time by the anzteques that began to break and mix peanuts in a crisp paste with peanut butter. A modern version of peanut butter appeared only around 1890.

There is a rule on manufacturingpeanut butter - it should not contain less than 90% of peanutsOtherwise, you will have to call something else. Other ingredients may be salt, sugar and a little oil.

Apparently, the hill of peanut butter can be quite overwhelming because there is a brand new word created especially for that -arachibutyrophobia. It's the fear of peanut butter paste at the roof of your mouth.

Did you know thatCacahuets can actually help prevent peanut allergies? That's right! When they are introduced to children at a young age, peanuts help them avoid peanut allergy in the future, even if they stop eating peanuts later. Research shows that Israel has the lowest peanut allergy rate of all countries - experts feel that it is because of a delicate peanut snack, they start nibbling at a young age.

The peanuts are in fact good for you. They are aLarge source of antioxidants, nutrients, minerals and vitamins. Amino acids in protein promote development and growth.

US presidents love peanuts - Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson were huge fans of peanuts and even grew up their peanuts on special farms. In fact, the former President Carter has made livelihoods selling peanuts in the street when it was only a little boy.

Peanut shells have a lot of usage You probably have not thought before: Kitty liteter, chimney logs, ignition or compost. You can also use them as packaging equipment or for everything you think. It is totally organic and without chemicals!