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History of a Nut

  • July 21, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

People have been eating pistachios since at least 7,000 B.C.! Native to western Asia and Asia Minor, the bushy tree was introduced to Italy in the first century A.D. and arrived in the U.S. around 1854. When properly cared for, pistachio trees can live for centuries.

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