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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? (midwest.social)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Johnny Appleseed was a real guy, but he was doing his thing in the late 1700's. Apples from grafting were pretty good eating, by then; trees grown from seed were mostly only good for making cider.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

yeah and that gets back to ground apples. if people are used to apples in cooking and making alcohol but not so much munch on it, numy, numy. I could see the ground apple thing.