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- Pacific islanders believed
that the world was a large coconut.
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- The coconut milk, which is the product of the expressed juice of the
grated endosperm (white meaty stuff), was popular during World War II and was used as a
substitute for cow's milk.
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- Thomas Edison tested coconut fibre for his lightbulb
filaments. It didn't work.
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- Coconut water consists of 95 percent
water, holding in solution proteins, sugars, and salts. It is used as a
diuretic.
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- Recent
research shows that lauric acid is present, which is also present in
human mother's milk. The milk is reported to be refrigerant, nutrient,
aperient, diuretic, laxative, and anthelmintic.
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- A coconut is the largest known seed in the world.
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- Once a coconut falls from a palm tree, it takes about three years
for this seed to take root and sprout into a new tree.
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- The shell of the coconut gives product used
by Pacific Islanders for toothache. It is obtained by burning the
endocarp (the shell) and condensing the volatile products which
separate.
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- Monocaprin, the lauric acid derivative, has been found to be
effective in the fight against aids, with its capability to kill
many types of virus and bacteria.
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- This research was done at the University of Iceland.
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