Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoTIL the little things on strawberries are actually the fruit. What you eat is receptacle tissue.www.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down112
arrow-up1301arrow-down1external-linkTIL the little things on strawberries are actually the fruit. What you eat is receptacle tissue.www.iflscience.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarecabbage@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·17 days agoIt’s often repeated, but I love the distinction between knowledge and wisdom based on this fact. Knowledge is to know tomato is a fruit; wisdom is to not put it in a fruit salad.
minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 days agoI saw a variation on this once that added something else as “knowing how to make a tomato-using fruit salad taste good” or somesuch, but I forget what trait they assigned that to.
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·17 days agoCharisma is selling a tomato based fruit salad and calling it salsa.
It’s often repeated, but I love the distinction between knowledge and wisdom based on this fact.
Knowledge is to know tomato is a fruit; wisdom is to not put it in a fruit salad.
I saw a variation on this once that added something else as “knowing how to make a tomato-using fruit salad taste good” or somesuch, but I forget what trait they assigned that to.
Charisma is selling a tomato based fruit salad and calling it salsa.