- Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were buried with onions as a sign of eternity.
- The Ancient Greeks used onions to strengthen athletes before competing in the Olympic Games, by eating copious amounts of onions, drinking onion juice and rubbing onions on themselves.
- In the Middle Ages, onions were not used just as food, but as medicine to relieve headaches, snake bites to cure hair loss.
- Around 9.2 million acres of onions are harvested annually.
- Onions help to relieve coughs, colds, asthma and bronchitis.
I didn't know that onion can also be used as medicine. Thank you for sharing this information.
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ReplyDeleteWow! Onions used by Athletics is something new fact that I didn't know!
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ReplyDeleteONIONS!!! I HATE THEM! AWESOME FACTS!!
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