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For instance, did you know that your beloved strawberries aren’t actually berries, but bananas are? These little-known facts about everyday foods can completely change the way we see our favorite snacks and meals.
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The reason behind this mix-up is pretty simple: people started calling certain fruits “berries” way before scientists came up with a proper definition.
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Watermelons have the same structure—though the exocarp is tougher, appearing as the thick rind, and the juicy red part is the mesocarp. Who would’ve thought that bananas and watermelons would have so much in common?
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So, farmers started picking and planting seeds from plants with traits they liked more, slowly creating what we now know as broccoli. This process is called selective breeding, where humans step in to guide how a plant evolves over time. So, broccoli wasn’t just found growing in the wild—it was carefully developed over hundreds of years!
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But did you know that ketchup’s journey began as a medicine, not a condiment? Back in the 1830s, people thought tomatoes could cure indigestion, so ketchup was actually sold as a remedy in pill form.
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It’s not just food that has surprising facts; the world around us is filled with intriguing tidbits, just like the ones in this post, that can genuinely make you question reality and change your perspective. Which one of these facts caught you off guard the most?
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