So, to help celebrate National Avocado Day today, here are seven surprising avocado facts. – was not originally named “avocado.”It was called an "alligator pear" after Irishman Sir Hans Sloane called the avocado tree the “alligator pear tree” in 1696. While your pets (besides birds) can eat the inside of an avocado, the skin can be toxic to cats and dogs. In 2017, with the price of avocados rising, three workers on an avocado farm in California stole up to $300,000 worth of avocados. They discovered that the avocado seed produces a milky liquid that turns red when exposed to air.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2018 16:30 UTC