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The Skeptics Guide #904 - Nov 5 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Johnny Appleseed, Is It Science?

Johnny Appleseed has the most like myth associated with it, so I'm gonna say that's the fiction. Even though the US is the second to most apple producing country in the world after China, only crab apples are native to North America. Several apples were imported from Europe in the late 16th century. What do you think is the most popular variety of apple in the world in the world? Oh, the green apple? Green is three. Granny Smith is three. Number three. Oh, not a red delicious. A Fiji Fuji. And number one. What's it called? A FijiFuji. Fuji. They're not crabs. Well, I buy it. I

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