Knowledge is Power. France is Bacon

Nov 25, 2018 6:55 PM

DrMonstaa

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You had my up vote at 'France is Bacon.'

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DID YOU KNOW THAT CASHEWS COME FROM A FRUIT? D-D-D-DID YOU KNOW THAT CASHEWS COME FROM A FRUIT? CASHEWS CASHEWS

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This is weird that people don’t know these things.

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Where did you think aparagus came from?

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sparrows guts ?

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The almond has a woody shell, but the fruit isn't woody. It's like a peach. Cracka. peach pit open, and you'll see the resemblance.

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What kind of crazines is this, whats next cucumbers and tomatoes also don’t come from grocery store!?

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Some of these were really fuckin obvious, but it was cool to learn like, 4 things.

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#15 - I’ve wondered about this. Thanks, OP.

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I am quite sure that this one is wrong. Sorry. :-/

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Google it... looks right to me.

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Capers come from a plant called: Flinders rose (Latin name is: capparis spinosa)

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The pictured flower does look similar to a flinders rose... but you're right I don't think it's the correct one on closer inspection.

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I don't know. Could be. Could not be. ^^ anyways: have a nice day.

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You can also make capers out of the buds of a common flower called nasturtium. That's a great plant to have, the leaves and flowers taste

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Like table pepper. Great with eggs.

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I didn't know that about the nasturtium buds. Cool!

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I HATE capers. Yuck

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Same! Even if you pick them out of a plate it ruins the taste of everything it touches. YUCK!

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But are they "kay pers" or "cap pers"?

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Former

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Crazy how nature do that

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The author of this was surprised by kiwis? Giant fleshy grape like fruits with thin skin? I did not know about chickpeas, though.

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i thought cinnamon came from fireball

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This just in, produce is from plants

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Back in the 80s I lived in Pico Rivera California on a street lined with avocado trees. They were larger than the Hass and watery. At the

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time I had a red Monte Carlo I would park under this 30-40 foot tree. One night we had a strong storm, waking up to a pile of crushed

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avocados on my car. No damage but it looked like guacamole.

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Really? I’d have imagined the pits would have done something, but oh well.

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Dates grow on trees?! I’ve been searching the wrong places

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Fuck. Even i didnt know. No wonder i am still single.

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Olive trees don’t look weird.

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Here here!

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Just in case you want to know it's actually "hear hear"! No, I'm not that fun at parties...

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To someone who's never seen a tree before they do

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Neither does asparagus growing out of the ground look creepy. But alot of folks live in concrete jungles apparently. Never seen a cow IRL

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Yes, go out, observe, explore, adapt, overcome, urine

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And marry her

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You won't trick me, Bear Grylls.

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You know the difference between an asparagus and a chickpea? I've never had an asparagus on my face...

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Urine?... like on everything?

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Yes.

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Well, if on the ground, the plants will grow better.

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no kink-shaming

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I dare you run yhrough that beuatiful pinapple field and come out with your limbs still intact

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#1 The asparagus we eat is just a sprout of the bush. Full grown asparagus is like a tree and featherduster had a bastard child.

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You fucked it up at the end with broccoli

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#4 da fuq kinda apple you been seeing?

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Looks more like a tree gourd with a giant hardened blossom still stuck to the end to me

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It is called the Cashew Apple... can eat it but apparently it rots fast...

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I always wonder who looked at certain foods and was like “that killed five people but maybe if I shell it first...”

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Who eats shells? More like Krog died, but he did like breaking his teeth on rocky things that grow on trees. No loss.

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Maybe they just threw it in a fire and then found the seed inside. That shell is really hard and i don't think anyone would try to bite it

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Or licked the tree containing cinnamon..

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I think about that all the time.

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A nibble won't kill you. I can imagine a tribe's medicine man experimenting on himself.

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Generally animals.

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Yep, and people watched what animals did to eat them, and copied.

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Likely someone that was really, really hungry.

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France is bacon lol

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v

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I love how he just ragdolls immediately with none of the usual theatrics.

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Ok you got me there. +1 good reaction

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Francis Bacon= France is bacon

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I got it, the gif is just an appropriate reaction

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The peanut one surprised me

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Peanuts are not nuts. They are a legume like peas and lentils.

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In swedish they're actually called "earth nuts".

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In old-fashioned English they're called pignuts. In less-old-fashioned English they're called goober peas.

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#1: Asparagus is a sprout, so of course it growd directly from the ground. Grown up it looks like that: https://imgur.com/5Ce9i7i

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And even as a sprout, it doesn't look creepy... wtf?

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plants grow out of the ground, WHAT? /s

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And they grow berries. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/5122155958_cbb4d2243d.jpg

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I just threw some asparagus plants in my compost and wondered what those were

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Who knew Asparagus was so Christmasy

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What kind of buzzfeed-ass caption writing is this

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#7 why don't you try going for a run through that "cute" field. I'll tell you why, it is a field of death! Delicious sweet death.

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My dad used to do EOD jump training in Hawaii and one of the thing was landing by pineapple fields. If one got “stuck” in the parachute...

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They could bring them home.

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Ever take your clothes off and run backwards through a corn field...?

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spiky boys

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Yeah...I was thinking cute not really the right word.

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I heard pineapples take forever to grow, so we eat like 5 years worth of fruit in like one sitting. Also if you pranced thru they be mad

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Pineapples take about two years to grow but even more time in colder climates

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I'm waiting on mine to regrow

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I looked it up after and imgur wouldn’t let me edit so I left it ? thanks

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Danger dildos

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If you are brave enough...

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They're clearly bomb flowers.

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That would be pomegranates.

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*bombegranates

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The actual word 'grenade' comes from this, as well as pomegranates as insignia in various armies.

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*Bombgrenades.... And now I'm probably on some list. Thanks NSA.

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Pineapple, it'll cut you up trying to pick it, it will fight you as you try to peel it and it will eat you as you try it eat it.

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You know, you would expect this fruit to have more Iron content for how metal it is

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It's rich in vitamin c, the C stands for cychotic

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I’ve hated pineapples since I was a child. Thanks to this, I can tell people EXACTLY why.

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Try sprinkling a little salt on fresh pineapple. Completely changes the flavour profile and makes them delicious.

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Makes them delicious I love them just they way they are I eat a lot of pineapple but will try the salt

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Who saw someone eat a cashew and said, ok he died, but what if I cook them first?

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More likely, hungry, but this is astringent to taste, cook and taste, seems good, eat.

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Theres a nut in australia that's Highly deadly but the Aborigines discovered u could eat it if you soaked it for 3 days and powdered it.

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That's nuts

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I am a botanist, and I get so fucking high on the weird shit that plants do

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Do you know how to identify cycads? I got some seeds from a couple of plants but not sure the exact type.

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I was waiting for the "ginger root is technically a modified stem" comment.

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Aha, that kind of "botanist" huh?

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The cashew fruit is actually delicious, meaty, and juicy. I grew up eating it and saving the seeds to roast on an open fire.

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Where do you live?

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I was born in central America.

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Yeah and leaves you with a weird feeling in your mouth hahaha

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So is only the seed casing toxic?

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The fruit is also easily bruised, hence it's hard to find these shipped far.

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Yup. The fruit is edible! You need to peel the seed and roast it.

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I always roasted the shell until it was ash. Industrial production steams them off: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2012/476702/

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My Brazilian friends rave about these. I still need to partake in "caju".

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You can find juice from concentrate in Latin stores sometimes ;-)

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Dot

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The shitapple doesn’t fall far from the shittree

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*Horse apple

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Is that you talking or is it the liquor?

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John was the best damned drunk not drunk ever.

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"The shit abyss...." "My Lahey, not another night of the shit abyss PLEASE"

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I'm watching you like a shithawk. Like a shithawk.

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Just keep that away from my shit snares to catch them shit birds

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It's right next to the shitake.

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I'm gonna pay you 100 dollars to fuck off

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Fuck off Lahey!

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The liquor is in control now, Randy.

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I am the liquor

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Last night I was the liquor

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RIP :’(

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Call me Brandy.

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“Bonbandy”

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