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Re:How the lemon was invented by durron on Friday May 26, 2023 @11:31AM (#36085481)
The article (appropriately) glosses over a fun butterfly effect. The large export of lemons to Britain is a core reason for the existence of the Italian mafia.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831830-600-why-the-...

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Re:How the lemon was invented by vanderZwan on Friday May 26, 2023 @05:50PM (#36089921)
Geez, we're never going to run out of things we can blame on the British Empire, are we?

(this is a joke. I'm joking. I think)

Seriously though, I wish that wasn't paywalled. Sounds like a really interesting bit of story.

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