Question 2: the correct answer is Myth. Did you get it right? Score 1 point.
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Sound travels faster in water than in air.
Why, in question 2: Peanut is a type of nut.
It's a myth. The peanut is a legume, a relative of beans, peas and soybeans. It grows inside pods that develop underground, not on trees like nuts do.
A pod that buries itself
After the peanut flower is pollinated, the stalk lengthens, bends downward and drives the ovary into the soil. That is where the pod grows and ripens.
The peanut is native to South America, where it has been cultivated for thousands of years. Today, China, India and Nigeria are among the largest producers.
Even though it isn't a nut, peanuts can cause serious allergies in some people, which is why food labels warn when they are present.
From a botanical standpoint, several famous nuts are not true nuts either. The Brazil nut, for example, is a seed that grows inside a hard fruit that looks like a coconut.
In Brazil, peanuts appear in many traditional sweets, such as pé de moleque and paçoca, which usually take center stage at June festivals.
