Iceberg Lettuce facts

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All of the images we've seen of Bugs Bunny eating carrots were actually misleading. Carrots should not be fed to rabbits. Rabbit's natural diets do not include roots, fruits, or iceberg lettuce, and that carrots can cause tooth decay and digestive problems.

Iceberg lettuce is called iceberg because it was originally shipped in heaps of crushed ice to preserve its freshness

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1. Iceberg lettuce is the most popular and most commonly cultivated variety of lettuce in the USA. Americans consume 30 pounds of lettuce per person each year.

2. Iceberg lettuce is 95.6% water; celery is 95.4% water; radishes are 95.3% water; tomatoes are 94.5% water; and green peppers are 93.9% water.

3. Rabbits don't eat carrots in the wild, and they shouldn't be fed iceberg lettuce at all

4. Iceberg, Romaine and Leaf lettuce are the best known varieties of lettuce. They differ in color, texture and in the amount of nutrients.

5. Name "Iceberg" originates from the preservation method that was used at the beginning of the 20th century in California. When refrigerators were not available, large quantities of ice were used to prevent spoilage of lettuce in the trains on their trips to the market. Carriages were filled with icebergs that floated on top of the lettuce on their final destinations, hence the name - iceberg lettuce.

6. A head of iceberg lettuce has the same water content as a bottle of Evian.

7. Crisphead lettuce became commonly known as "Iceberg" Lettuce when the Bruce Church Lettuce company developed a method of shipping it cross-country packed in ice.