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It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? (midwest.social)
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[-] Davel23@fedia.io 15 points 2 weeks ago

Wait until you hear about pomegranates.

[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wait until you hear about 90 pomegranates

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

99 luftpomegranates go by

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

I recently learned grenadine is called that because it used to be made from pomegranate juice, NOT because it was from Grenada.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well are you going to tell us?

[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh? Juicy gossip, is it?

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