Interesting facts about Carrot

• Carrots were cultivated for the first time in Afghanistan and then brought to the Mediterranean area more than 2000 years ago.
• Originally carrots were found in a variety of colours including purple, white, black, yellow and red.
• Hippocrates recommended women eat carrot seeds to prevent pregnancy. The first carrots were not grown for food; they were to be used as medicine.
• The longest carrot on record in 2008 was 5.85 meters long!
• Several countries have an annual event to celebrate the successful harvest of the carrot.
• Carrots are more nutritious when cut by a knife!
• No other vegetable or fruit contains as much carotene as carrots, which the body converts to vitamin A.
• The largest carrot ever recorded weighed 18.985 pounds.