Originally, tomatoes grew wild in the South American Andes. They were about the size of cherries and grew as berries.
The modern tomato was developed in Mexico, where it was called “tomatil”.
Although botanically tomatoes are a fruit, in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tomatoes were vegetables, not fruits!
People in U.S. each consume, on average, 80 pounds of tomatoes every year.