Fact #831: Edible figs almost always have one dead female wasp inside that has been digested by the fig, making it a part of the ripened fruit.

This is because when a wasp pollinates a fig, the fig’s inward facing flowers often trap the wasp and absorb her into the fig.

Source: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/fig-wasp2.htm

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