Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren’t

Bananas are berries but strawberries aren't. In botanical terms, true berries develop

from a single flower with one ovary, which bananas do. Strawberries come from flowers with

multiple ovaries, disqualifying them. Even weirder, avocados and watermelons are berries too.

Your taste buds have been living a lie this whole time. Nature really decided

to mess with our understanding of fruit categories. Next time you're eating a banana

split, remember you're technically having a berry bowl. The grocery store

produce section suddenly makes way less sense when you know the truth about what counts

as a real berry.