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Apple detectives solved mystery of ancient tree and rewrote the history of fruit

71 points · 19 comments · nkurz

altmanaltman · 1789709354 · focus · HN ↗
Why is the headline written in a magical realism style in an article about the analysis of the apple tree? "Solved mystery of ancient tree"? "Rewrote the history of fruit"? Like okay, it's cool but it's not Game of Thrones
1. amelius · 1789721945 · focus · HN ↗
  It's the Reality Distortion Field™.
  Best known from The Bible, Steve Jobs, Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler.
  Slightly more than half of the population is susceptible.
  1. jhbggjnjih · 1789741268 · focus · HN ↗
    > Best known from The Bible, Steve Jobs, Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler.
    You did not just put these 4 things/people together in a single sentence. Tell me you didn’t. Please.
    Christ HN is turning into reddit.
    amelius · 1789744626 · focus · HN ↗
    The old reddit, I hope.

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