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May 31st
12:25 PM

I had a message in my inbox this morning from someone who was mad that I called a tomato a fruit.

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  1. l-espiritd-enfant reblogged this from becoming-wonder-woman
  2. jashinoustua reblogged this from deniablesmiles and added:
    i thought the potato was in the nightshade family. O_o? i don’t know my herblore, or botany very well.
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  9. deniablesmiles reblogged this from girlgrowingsmall and added:
    A TOMATO IS A NIGHTSHADE, and IT IS ALSO CONSIDERED A FRUIT. THE TOMATO IS NOT A VEGETABLE. Any respectable nutritionist...
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  17. bumblebee907 reblogged this from oatsandyoga and added:
    Uh tomatoes are fruit…so are avocados ….
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  21. diamondruby789 reblogged this from girlgrowingsmall and added:
    But it’s a fact. How can someone be mad at a fact?