Citrus fruits originated in China, new study suggests

A new genetic analysis indicates that citrus fruits originated from China.  Citrus genus origin: While various citrus fruits are widely avai...

Boy ‘sacrifices breathing’ to eat durian in viral video

A video of a boy pinching his nose while savoring a piece of durian has gone viral on social media. Caught in the act: The video, which rece...

TikTok video of ‘frugal’ man peeling banana before buying sparks discussion

A viral TikTok on how to save money on buying bananas has sparked online discussion.  #lifehacks: In the eight-second video, a man can be se...

10 yummy, unique durian dishes you should try at least once

Prepare your taste buds as we go on a culinary adventure with durian, the king of fruits. Widely known for its strong and pungent smell, dur...

‘Hungry’ S. Korean student eats $120,000 banana artwork

A South Korean art student ripped a banana off a wall that was part of an installation by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and ate it be...

Japan Airlines passenger laments inflight vegan meal consisting of single banana

Japan’s flag carrier has attracted online scrutiny over an “underwhelming” vegan food option served to a recent passenger:...

Watch: TikToker attempts to eat 10 durians at AYCE durian buffet in Singapore

A TikToker shared a video of their visit to an all-you-can-eat durian buffet in Singapore. According to the video from Singaporean travel gu...

After years of negotiations, Vietnamese pomelo will soon be available in the US

The importation of pomelo fruits into the United States was confirmed after five years of negotiations. The pomelo will be the seventh Vie...

Crate of Special Japanese Oranges Sells for $9,600 at Auction

A crate containing 100 oranges has been sold for one million yen (more than $9,600) at an auction in Japan. Some fancy fruit: The still-unna...

Award-Winning Writer Schools the New York Times Over ‘Colonial’ Article on Southeast Asian Fruits

Award-winning writer and editor Osayi Endolyn has called out a New York Times article for its treatment of Southeast Asian fruits that borde...

Seedless Lychee Created in Australia After Almost 20 Years

Using a single fruit tree he bought from China, an Australian farmer successfully developed Australia’s first seedless lychee. Tibby Dixon h...

TikTok User Tries to Open Rambutan With POTATO PEELER and Asians Are Screaming

A clueless TikTok user from the United States attempted to get through a piece of rambutan with a potato peeler. With dozens — if not hundre...

New Breed of Durian in Malaysia Allegedly Named After ‘The Rock’

The state of Melaka in Malaysia unveiled its own breed of durian that has a thicker flesh compared to the ones found in Pahang, Penang, Pera...

Netflix Show’s ‘Alien Fruit’ Is Really Just a Popular Asian Fruit

Netflix series “Another Life” has apparently used rambutan, a fruit commonly found in Southeast Asia, as an alien fruit. Eagle-eyed viewer @...

Chinese Baker Creates Steamed Buns That Look Like Real Fruits

A baker from southern China is going viral on Chinese social media for her incredibly realistic, fruit-like steamed buns that are blowing th...

What’s the Right Way to Pronouce Lychee?

Have you been pronouncing “lychee” wrong your whole life? Commonly pronounced “lie-chee” or “lee-chee” o...

Rare Blue Bananas Exist But They Don’t Taste Like Normal Bananas

Blue-colored bananas exist and they taste like a delicious cold treat.  Blue Java bananas, which recently made rounds on the internet, appar...

‘Perfect’ Durian Sells for $48,000 at Thai Auction

A single durian fetched a whopping 1.5 million baht ($48,000) at an auction in central Thailand on June 1. The fruit, a Kanyao variety, attr...

Library Evacuated After People Mistake Durian Smell For Leaking Gas

Durian, the notoriously pungent but widely adored fruit from Southeast Asia, caused quite a commotion last week in Australia. The fruit rep...

Woman Eats Entire Durian When She Can’t Bring it Inside a Train Station

A woman in China decided to just slice up and eat an entire durian after she was told she could not carry the pungent fruit inside a train s...

Malaysian Company Invents Sticker That Keeps Fruit Fresh for Up to 2 Weeks

A Malaysian firm has unlocked the secret of a longer shelf life for fruits with the use of a simple sticker. The company, called Stixfresh,...

American Couple Tries to Eat Durian Only to Realize It Was Actually Rotten

An American couple known online as The B Family tried to eat a whole durian fruit, also known as the “World’s Smelliest Fruit,” but had no i...

American Rapper’s ‘Unusual’ Way of Eating Watermelon Puzzles Everyone But Japanese People

An American rapper is making waves in Japan, not for his music, but for the “unusual” way he eats watermelon that he showed in a recent vide...

Hundreds Evacuate Melbourne Library Over ‘Gas Leak,’ Turns Out to Be Durian

Hundreds of students were forced to evacuate a school library in Australia after people mistook a rotting durian for a gas leak.   Students ...

$15 Melon vs. $270 Japanese Melon Taste Test

When I first heard about luxury fruits in Japan, I was skeptical — what kind of an idiot would buy ONE apple for $20!? Well apparently...

Malaysia is Now Investigating If Durians Can Improve Your Sex Life

Malaysia is set to find out if there is a ring of truth to the popular belief that durians have aphrodisiac properties. To determine if dur...

Someone Paid $5,000 For Two Persimmons at a Vegetable Market in Japan

Two high-end persimmons that were harvested from central Japan were recently sold during the season’s first auction for the whopping price o...

Loving Asian Dad Rush Delivers Mangoes to His Daughter When She Forgets to Take Them to College

Cecilia Li, 19-year-old student at UCLA and fruit enthusiast, and her dad are going viral for their endearing story of mangoes and fatherly ...

Teen Uses a ‘Pick-Up Lime’ to Score a Date, Still Gets Friend-Zoned

Michael Nguyen of Richmond Hill, Georgia has become an Internet sensation after he asked a girl at his school by offering her a “a pick-up l...

Chinese Fruit Shop is Using Women’s Panties to Lure Customers

One fruit shop in China lures shoppers by selling peaches that wear panties. We’re not sure what these things are trying to cover, but accor...

This Asian Fruit Extract Can Dissolve Painful Kidney Stones, Research Shows

Hydroxycitrate, a natural fruit extract, was found to be capable of dissolving kidney stones. The finding, published in Nature, came as a r...

This Seemingly Simple Children’s Brain Teaser is Dividing the Entire Internet

A seemingly simple brainteaser has netizens bending their brains trying to figure out the tricky answer. The “fruit algebra” riddle posted b...