Ananas Ananas Ananas is a plant genus of the bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), native to South America and Central America, which includes the species "Ananas comosus", the pineapple. This genus originated in Mesoamerica and was brought to the Caribbean Islands by the Carib natives. The oldest register with the representation of the fruit seems to be included in the Cascajal Block, attributed to the Olmec civilization. In 1493, Christopher Columbus first saw plants of this genus in Guadeloupe. It was brought from Brazil to Europe by the Portuguese, and from there was distributed to the Pacific Islands by the Spanish and the
Bizarre Fruit Bizarre Fruit Bizarre Fruit is the third album by the British dance band M People. It was released on 14 November 1994 and charted and peaked at number 4, spending one year on the chart before an expanded version of the album, "Bizarre Fruit II", was released a year later. This album sold over 900,000 copies in the UK and was certified 3× Platinum. In 1996 it was announced that "Bizarre Fruit" had reached 1.1 million copies sold worldwide. The album's two most popular singles were "Sight for Sore Eyes", which reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart and