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Watermelon market in Jerusalem, Palestine, 1900 (media.kbin.social)
submitted 6 months ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

Even in B&W I can still hear them tapping on the watermelons trying to find out which one's the juiciest.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

thonk thonk thonk

"That's a maybe. Let me see if there are any better ones..."

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 6 months ago

I find it's not the sound but the vascular tissue. The veins. This seems to be especially true for cantaloupes.

[-] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 16 points 6 months ago

124 years later and people are still holding watermelons up as boobs.

[-] S_204@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

Prior to decolonization. neat snapshot.

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