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submitted 1 week ago by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia

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[–] 200ok 2 points 6 days ago

Cool!!

Cherry tomatoes grow on the vine, while white potatoes grow in the soil from the same plant.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pfft, boring. Call me when you have tomacco

[–] dantheclamman 1 points 1 week ago

For those not aware, Simpsons did it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

TOMACCOOOO

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In German it's Tomoffel (Tomate + Kartoffel), so the other way round.

[–] dantheclamman 4 points 1 week ago

In the Fallout games they have a true hybrid, the tato

[–] Cort 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tomato seems to be the trademarked name, with pomato being a generic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure, tomato isn't a trademarked name ;-) but TomTato is.

[–] Cort 2 points 1 week ago

Arg, damn auto correct!