1. Cranberries can both bounce and float. This is due to pockets of air inside the fruit.
2. According to oceanspray.com, "If you strung all the cranberries produced in North America last year, they would stretch from Boston to Los Angeles more that 565 times." Pretty impressive, right?
3. Cranberries were originally named "craneberries" because people thought that the blossoms on the plants resembles cranes.
4. Cranberries may help prevent cancer. According to 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life by David Grotto, "Multiple studies have found that flavonoid compounds including anthocyanins, flavonols, and proanthocyanidins, found naturally in cranberries, may be able to fight leukemia, breast, lung, colon, and potentially many other types of cancer."
5. Only about five percent of cranberries are sold fresh. The rest are turned in various types of cranberry products including dried cranberries, cranberry sauce, and cranberry juice.
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