Pineapples were named by Spanish explorers because they looked like a pine cone (pina) on steroids and the apple part because it tasted sweet. Actually pineapples are a multifruit or a collective fruit because they are made of many berries fused together. Then there's the tingling sensation in your mouth when you eat pineapple that's due to raphides which are needles of calcium oxalate also found in kiwis, taro, yams, and grapes. You may already have reached your pineapple knowledge saturation limit, but one more tiny detail just in case you haven't...one theory on raphides is that they are a plant's method of self preservation which as I have mentioned in the past plants have feelings too! Nothing against vegans or vegetarians but I've never understood how killing plants is somehow more "holy" than killing animals. Feel free to bash me if you wish, and yes I'm both a plant and animal lover though I eat both.
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