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Numerous pieces of fruit rain down on a small British city, covering streets and cars.

More than 100 apples mysteriously rained down upon a small British town on Monday night. The still-unexplained apple shower left 20 yards of city streets and car windshields covered in the cascading fruit just after the daily rush hour.

The news immediately brought up comparisons to biblical tales of raining frogs and whether such reported freaks of nature actually occurred. In this instance, no one has officially confirmed when, how or if the apple storm truly took place as described.

Read more: Unexplained shower of apples falls from sky over town

Enjoying a daily dose of this sweet treat helps combat two serious risk factors affecting heart health: study.

More research backs up the rhyme. Find out how apples can boost your health — plus some tasty ideas to get more in your diet.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Apple in the morning – Doctor’s warning
Roast apple at night – starves the doctor outright
Eat an apple going to bed – knock the doctor on the head
Three each day, seven days a week – ruddy apple, ruddy cheek

No one knows who wrote the rhyme or when, but today’s doctors have little to fear from this famed fruit. In fact, experts continue to investigate how it can prevent illness — and we may want to take the latest research to heart. Researchers at Florida State University recently found that a daily dose of apples helps combat two serious risk factors affecting cardiovascular health.

Read more: An apple a day for your heart

The thing is you’ll be making that exact same face when all those toxins in the ink reach your belly.

There is now question that apples are one of the favorite foods at FoodBozo.

With such a wide variety of taste & uses, apples are versatile, portable, healthy, and scrumptious. Read up An apple a day:

An apple is the perfect portable snack. Eating just one apple a day can reduce a woman’s chances of developing breast cancer by 17% according to a study done at Cornell University.

At the end of February the produce aisle always looks a tad bleak. I’m already chomping at the bit for my first Ontario strawberry sighting, but June is a very long way off. What’s a local-loving produce person to do?

I did the once over in the fruit and vegetable department and discovered a bounty of local foods like parsnips, one of my favourite veggies, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, beets, potatoes, and apples – another gift from the nutrition Gods – are all waiting to ride home with you in your reusable grocery bags.