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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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In botany, a berry is a fruit that develops from a single ovary and has multiple seeds inside. By that definition, bananas qualify as true berries. Strawberries, on the other hand, grow from a flower with multiple ovaries, making them "aggregate fruits" - not berries at all.

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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Ok, I stand corrected, TIL about parthenocarpy:

In botany and horticulture, parthenocarpy is the natural or artificially induced production of fruit without fertilisation of ovules, which makes the fruit seedless

[–] teft@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

This is what the seeds actually look like in bananas for anyone who is curious.

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[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

So what are the tiny black dots?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Spider eggs.

But really they're what would have been seeds but aren't.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 hours ago

Apparently these are not the seeds themselves but only the remains of the original ovulums that contained the seed when they still existed.