naure.com
FoodSurprise 4/5Difficulty 2/5Reviewed on January 6, 2025

Cranberries float and bounce due to tiny air pockets.

Why it is true

Each berry has four air pockets inside, allowing them to float in water bogs during harvesting. The pockets also make fresh berries bounce like rubber balls.

Source: Botany

Would you rather be asked first?

This is the reading side of the site, so the answer is in the sentence above — that is the whole point of it. Test yourself works the other way round: the question comes on its own, and the fact and the explanation only appear once you have answered.

Test yourself →10-question challenge

Related facts

More in Food

See all →