Finn 🔜 #EF30Dec 13
Just found out that apparently a lemon isn't naturally occurring in nature.
It's a hybrid by crossbreeding a bitter orange and a citron!

Do you know what that means?!
Do you know what implications this has?!!

LIFE NEVER GAVE US LEMONS
WE INVENTED THEM ALL BY OURSELVES
Show threadscyDec 13

@finn Aurora already taught me that

https://chaos.social/@scy/115460381067751586

Show threadBenjamin Braatz
@scy @finn Was mildly annoyed by the recycling of a viral post from over a year ago. Did a bit of digging and found that it is not even true: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lemons-manmade-not-natural/
Lemons Are 'Manmade' Hybrid Fruits That 'Don't Occur Naturally'?

"Life never gave us lemons, we created them ourselves," numerous social media users claimed.

Snopes
Dec 13 at 8:10pmWeb
Show threadscyDec 14
@HeptaSean Thank you for doing the research, updated my post.
Show threadbaconandcoconutDec 16
@scy @HeptaSean Huh, so people didn't invent lemons, we just cultivated them and made them ubiquitous.
Show threadSoozcatDec 14
@HeptaSean @scy @finn Aw, Cave Johnson would be so disappointed