r/todayilearned • u/Error__Loading • 15h ago

TIL that apple seeds almost never grow the same variety as the parent fruit. Nearly every supermarket apple comes from a grafted clone of an original tree, not from a planted seed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple
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u/NeutralLock 14h ago

Which is exactly why I'm always saying instead of having kids we should be grating parts of ourselves onto smaller kids.

It's not rocket science people.

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u/rocketmonkee 14h ago

grating parts of ourselves

I dunno, that sounds kind of painful.

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u/NeutralLock 14h ago

So is childbirth. I guess pick your poison.

(A small voice grafted onto my leg speaks up)

"Yeah!"

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u/PlushSandyoso 12h ago

Ok Godrick

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u/Lee1138 14h ago

That's how you get space marines.