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Huh, who would have thought? It's a bit ironic that we like to put ketchup on fries then huh?

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>Meet the potato's unexpected ancestor: the tomato. That's right, a fruit. Potatoes and tomatoes don't look alike, smell alike or taste alike, but in a study published Thursday in the journal Cell, scientists said that the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor around 9 million years ago. "We've finally solved the mystery of where potatoes came from," corresponding author Sanwen Huang of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences said in a news release.

Huh, who would have thought? It's a bit ironic that we like to put ketchup on fries then huh? Archive: https://archive.today/bEFnd From the post: >>Meet the potato's unexpected ancestor: the tomato. That's right, a fruit. Potatoes and tomatoes don't look alike, smell alike or taste alike, but in a study published Thursday in the journal Cell, scientists said that the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor around 9 million years ago. "We've finally solved the mystery of where potatoes came from," corresponding author Sanwen Huang of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences said in a news release.
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Cauliflower, kale, and Brussels sprouts were selectively bred from the same plant I have read.

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That's like saying all humans came from monkeys in Ethiopia.

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A tomato can ba a fruit(cake) or a vegetable, but not a nut.