The ancient Egyptians were buried with pomegranates, and the Babylonians believed that chewing the seeds of the fruit before battle made them invincible.
Pomegranate juice is used for natural dyeing of nonsynthetic fabrics.
Grenada, an island nation off the coast of South America, was named after the Spanish and French word for pomegranate.
The pomegranate gave its name to the hand grenade due to its shape and size, and to the garnet for its color.
The red flowers from the pomegranate bush are called balaustine.
In the summer of 2006, Starbucks introduced a pomegranate frappuccino because of the fruit’s popularity in American markets.