Why do different languages call countries by different names? Most of us know Germany as, well, Germany. But to the Germans, they known their homeland as Deutschland. The simplest explanation is that languages pre-date countries, sometimes by centuries. So when small settlements joined together to create countries, like Germany, there were multiple names for the region, depending on the language. It's all in who you know.
#7 that's a pretty darn cool factoid. guess i'll have to research to determine if true.
#8 some human-engineered fruits do not contain seeds, so a better way to understand the botanical term is "fruit is the product of a fertilised flower."