We all know about avocados - delicious, green, creamy, expensive, irresistible to hipsters and guaranteed to keep you from buying a house. But have you ever stopped to question just why an avocado is called an avocado? The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly, has to do with humanity's unending obsession with genitalia.

A Spanish fruit company is leading people to believe that they "invented" a low-fat avocado which they are calling "Avocado Light." This, however -- as the kids say -- is "already a thing."

Avocados just can't stay out of the news. Not only are they dangerous to one's hands and wallet, but now it seems that eating their creamy green flesh isn't enough. The new trend, my friends, is to eat the seed.

As someone who writes about how to make delicious food, I am all about DIY-ing your own versions of tasty, trendy dishes. In a lot of cases, a homemade version of something will taste better and cost you less money, but this is not the situation with the poke bowl.

Thanks to their delicious, creamy nature, avocados are slippery little buggers, and freeing the pit from their buttery flesh can be tricky. If you know what you're doing however, you can remove the pit quickly (and safely) in no time.

Avocados are a very important food with which you can craft many tasty delights, but picking a perfectly ripe one can be challenging at times. Luckily -- as one Reddit user brought to our attention -- one crafty company has started putting colour chart stickers right on the fruit, making grocery shopping that much easier.

I don't know about you, but I am experiencing avocado toast fatigue. There's nothing wrong with it, but this nation-wide obsession is clouding our brains and preventing us from realising other delicious avocado applications. If you need help getting out of your avo-toast rut, we can help. Here are five new and exciting ways to get more avocados into your life and mouth, none of which involve a toaster or tortilla chips.