Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoTIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.www.rutgers.eduexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down112
arrow-up1372arrow-down1external-linkTIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.www.rutgers.eduDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareGregorGizeh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·24 days agoThe french call potatoes earth apples. Pomme de terre. It is also an older german term for them, though I believe austria still uses it: Erdapfel.
minus-squareJeeve65@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoSame in Dutch: aardappel (aard=earth, appel=apple)
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoNot to be confused with the Pferdeapfel.
The french call potatoes earth apples. Pomme de terre.
It is also an older german term for them, though I believe austria still uses it: Erdapfel.
Same in Dutch: aardappel (aard=earth, appel=apple)
Not to be confused with the Pferdeapfel.