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The Story Behind the Hass Avocado
- The Hass avocado was named after Rudolph Hass who tried to graft different varieties of avocado into a seedling he brought home, but due to his futile attempts of making fruit, he left it alone.
- It were the Hass children who discovered the fruit of the avocado tree that Rudolph had left alone.
- Millions of avocado trees were all genetically descendants of the single mother tree propagated by Rudolph Hass which he was not able to catch in despite its growing popularity.
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The History of the Avocado
- The avocado fruit has been existing since the Cenozoic era. It miraculously survived the dispersion system that happened 13,000 years ago.
- By the 500 BC, in Mexico and Central America the avocado fruit was being bred to its fullest potential in which was believed to have aphroda...
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Avocados: The Fuerte vs. The Hass
There are many different types of avocados but these two are especially important due to the competition that arose between them.
Their differences are:
- In color and outward appearance.
- The Hass avocado trees grow faster, produces more fruit, and are easier to p...
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The Environmental Impact of The Avocado Craze
The ever growing avocado craze is continually causing a detrimental impact to the environment due to deforestation and the displacement of avocado seeds instead of the variant that should've been found in the locality.
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Karel Čapek first thought of calling his artificial people "labors," but was not satisfied and turned to his brother Josef for advice. Josef suggested the Czech word "robota," which referred to a system of forced serf labour.
When Čapek wrote R.U.R., he was known as one of...
The Semmelweis Reflex
We often want to stick with our current beliefs even when new knowledge seems to contradict them. This is known as the Semmelweis reflex - a dangerous phenomenon that has caused many deaths throughout history.
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