Most of the desert scenes for Tatooine in the Star Wars franchise were filmed in Tunisia (with additional pickup and desert shots also filmed in the United States, specifically Death Valley National Park in California). The fictional planet's name was notably inspired by the real Tunisian southern town of Tataouine.

Christopher Columbus introduced European chickens to the New World in 1493 during his second voyage, landing them on the island of Hispaniola. However, archaeological and DNA evidence indicates that ancient Polynesian voyagers may have already introduced chickens to South America at least a century earlier.

Apples, pears, plums, peaches, and strawberries all belong to the rose family, scientifically known as Rosaceae.