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People who like orange juice:
Orange juice trees:
More people in the ocean than I expected. I guess they would like oranges more though.
Gotta stave off scurvy, though lemons and limes are more effective.
Fun fact: the British Navy used to keep lime trees on board which is why British people are called limeys.
I think Marianas oranges taste the best, but submarine harvesting makes them prohibitively expensive.
Yeah nah, oranges are easily grown in Australia.
Going to plant an orange tree in my backyard this year.
Then I’ll have oranges, apples, lemons, peaches, cherries and figs
The legendary animal crossing biome
Just make sure not to compare the first two
Not a real continent
all from one tree? that's impressive!
I know you're joking but it would actually be possible to have oranges and lemons on the same tree.
False. It exludes Brazil, which produces 60% of the worlds orange juice, 90% 9f it in the state of São Paulo, which is crosse by the Tropic of Capricorn.
False. Brazil Beats Battlejuice Spectacular
Oh, shit, got 'em.
Hmm, I don't know. I'm gonna need a non-Mercator version to make up my mind about this.
Real projections: mercator, globe
Mental illnesses: all the others
I was just in Athens and many streets were filled with orange trees
Athens is a greek myth made up to sell more athena plushies
Missing the Mediterranean climates in California, Spain, Italy, Greece etc. and Australia, but otherwise accurate
South Africa too
why have you put me on the first map? I don't like orange juice
Citrus fruits have been grown as far north as the UK for 100s of years and climate change is making that even easier.
Brazil has a ton of orange production tho
It's missing Mediterranean countries, Spain is quite full of orange trees too