Berries: The Surprising Truth Revealed

Your entire life you've been calling strawberries berries when they're actually not.

I discovered this mind blowing fact during a random conversation with my botanist friend

last summer, and it completely changed how I see everyday things. Turns out,

berries need seeds on the inside, which is why bananas, grapes, and even tomatoes

qualify as true berries. But strawberries wear their seeds on the outside like

tiny accessories, making them something called accessory fruits. My brain literally

broke when I learned this. The craziest part is we've all been confidently wrong

about this since childhood. Now I can't walk through a grocery store without questioning