WanderWisley@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat is your interesting fact or knowledge that is completely useless that you wish to share?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1146arrow-down1imageWhat is your interesting fact or knowledge that is completely useless that you wish to share?lemmy.worldWanderWisley@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square117fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCapt. Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoVegetables don’t exist. A good deal of the “vegetables” you eat are fruits. The rest are leaves, roots, flowers, and stems.
minus-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAnd yet, if I show you various things, you’ll be able to tell me if they are a vegetable or not. Vegetables are a social construct, not a biological construct. But that’s OK. Money is also a social construct.
minus-squareThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIntelligence is knowing that a tomato is technically a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put tomatoes in Fruit Salad
minus-squareUnderwaterbob@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoKoreans use tomato as a fruit all the time. Drives me nuts.
Vegetables don’t exist. A good deal of the “vegetables” you eat are fruits. The rest are leaves, roots, flowers, and stems.
And yet, if I show you various things, you’ll be able to tell me if they are a vegetable or not. Vegetables are a social construct, not a biological construct. But that’s OK. Money is also a social construct.
Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is technically a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put tomatoes in Fruit Salad
Koreans use tomato as a fruit all the time. Drives me nuts.