Light Facts
Tuesday the 15th of December 2009
1. Everyone knows that tomatoes are fruit, but Kate Oliver reveals that strawberries, oranges, bananas and plums (and more) are not. Make sure you read her final footnote for even more shocking revelations.
2. The following were all born in 1977 and thus are the same age as me: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Edward Furlong, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Orlando Bloom, Shakira.
3. There was going to be more, but now that is all.
By Bowie, 31 minutes after the fact
Wikipedia claims Tomatoes (“wolfpeach”) were “golden apples” (“pomo d’oro”) but in the Golden Apple article it claims “golden apples” are Oranges. It seems to be a language problem. The Greek for Orange translates to “golden apple” while the Italian for tomato (pomodoro) also means golden apple.
Wikipedia also speaks of “golden apples” as apples when speaking of various mythologies (Greek, Roman, Christianity).
The ancient Greeks apparently did not know of the tomato.
Remember when coffee and tea were exotic?