A Banana is a Berry Fact
Botanically a banana is both a fruit and a berry which grows on large herbs (not trees).
Thomas DeMichele
Bananas Grow on Trees Myth
Bananas don’t grow on banana trees, rather they grow on the world’s largest perennial herb which can grow up to 25 feet with leaves of up to 9 feet.
A Tomato is a Fruit Fact
A tomato is botanically a berry and therefore a fruit, but politically and culinarily it’s treated as a vegetable. It’s accurate to call a tomato a berry, a fruit, and/or a vegetable, depending on context.
Frankenstein is the Name of the Doctor, Not the Monster Fact
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in which Victor Frankenstein creates an unnamed “monster.”
Frankenstein’s Monster Was Green and Had Bolts In His Neck Myth
In chapter 5 of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the monster is described to have yellow skin. There is no mention of bolts in his neck in the book.
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