Its world onion day today (27 June), so here some fascinating facts you never knew!
1. Onions can help in fight many diseases like cataract, cardiac related and lung cancer.
2. In middle ages, onions were used as currency.
3. Onions can weaken a dog's red blood cells.
4. Ancient Egyptians worshipped onions as symbols of eternity.
5. Onions are as old as 5000 BC, archaeologists found traces.
6. Onion juice helps cure baldness for real.
7. Ancient Greeks fed onions to troops during war as it was believed to give them strength.
8. The largest onion ever grown weighed a whopping 10 pound, 14 ounces.