A simple four-item quiz has been tripping people up: tomato, carrot, potato, or spinach — which one is not a vegetable? Most people answer instantly, confident they already know the trick behind the question, pointing to the tomato because of that familiar claim that “a tomato is actually a fruit.” But is that instinct actually correct, or just a half-remembered fact repeated without understanding, and does the real answer depend on whether you’re thinking like a cook or a scientist… Continue Reading ⬇️

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