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MisterLit
Fun Fact: A Pineapple takes about a year to grow, a plant only produces about 3 in it's lifetime. Enjoy, dont waste.
GravyHavok
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Who lives in a pineapple under the seeeeeeeeea???
racistralphy
I have a pen...
GamerGirl1896
Uh the graphics on this new Minecraft magical crops are pretty good.
WineAndRevelry
When I first got stationed in Hawaii, this was one of the many things that blew my mind.
mockingbird75
http://imgur.com/96dr1Ak
anitabieror6
yeah i think they go pick one off a tree in 50 first dates
banmebitchidontcare
Neither are Bananas ;)
MisterLemons
They're Bromiliads, those colorful spiky leaf plants you see in every store.
llaassbboorrg
Never seen that before, here take your point.
scudbomb
spicyItalianFootlong
Learned this watching 50 first dates
whatbuttondoipush
Neither do peaches, they come from a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory down town.
RaynsEvans
Love that ridiculous song haha
NetProfit
Silence, you insolent peasants! This is clearly a very well run Arabic agave farm. ISIS has been making money selling tequila for ages.
ILovedUnicornsFirst
Would've thought for sure the green part on top was what was attached to the plant.
TosokTheRodentHunter
yea, and eggplant literally looks like an egg coming out of a plant before it turns purple
Dvargar
TIL
Iamtherhymenocerous
I learned that from Farmville.
riseagainstitall
How does it end up under the sea?
FortyyrOldGamer
A fucking hurricane
HonorableJudgeFudge
This comment deserves more upvotes
Snooj
And you can cut the tops off of store bought ones and begin growing your own. Source: I do it.
goodshitrightmiroki
And just stick it in the ground?
KNIVESY
No. Fucking. Way. Next you're gonna tell me that coffee is a kind of bean.
NotGonnaSugarCoat
Two years until they mature
Soddo
They will also grow in non tropical climates or indoors, just wont fruit as big, source i cut the tops off mine and replant
twinklelilstar
I thought it was just the leaves that grow and not a fruit..huh..
Soddo
The leaves grow, then a shoot will come from the side and it starts there. Dont have pics but google image it. Takes atleast 1.5 years
Crazyaussiecanadian
Worlds only edible bromeliad.
Raygboyd333
That's not what Harvest Moon Says!!
Betanaut
Wait until you find out that Brussel Sprouts aren't really just baby cabbages.
TurdSlynger
One can not run through a field of these without loosing some flesh?
Thechemguy
Have you seen Brussel sprouts growing?
Beeoneack
They look like the alien towers from C&C 3.
WisconsinHome
They are cool looking
Snooj
No but I've seen a match box.
bigboogers
I've seen a peanut stand, I heard a rubber band, I seen a needle that winked its eye
Snooj
Is there anything you haven't seen?
banmebitchidontcare
a pineapple tree.
AnEvilGenius
I live 10 miles from a dole plantation.
youdontknowmeanddontneedto
California? I live near one too.
whoameye
Living in the U.K we are surrounded by a different kinda dole
Gareth7015
Same here! Mines is a "Job Centre Plus".
voodoosexdoll
Aloha??
AnEvilGenius
Aloha Oahu!
voodoosexdoll
You live on the best part of the island!
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AnEvilGenius
Yes
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AnEvilGenius
Eh it's not that interesting. I was stationed in Korea for two years before coming here. That was better.
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Drdeathdefy
On Oahu?
AnEvilGenius
Yeah
m053486
Heh. Growing up in HI, no trip to the North Shore was complete without stealing a pineapple and having a fieldworker chase you
DidNotInhale
rectalimplosion
Do doles grow on trees?
AnEvilGenius
Only Bob
TheChachinator
so do i, i still think it's funny when people trip about pineapples not growing on trees
FireBreathingStockBroker
So you two live within 20 miles of each other! New best friends!!
ivegottwolegs
Yes. Because there is only one pineapple farm in all the world.
FireBreathingStockBroker
Weird isn't it
AnEvilGenius
People assume everything grows on trees.
jarjarbinkswasthebestcharacterinstarwars
I went through a phase of thinking pasta was a plant when I was about 6 or 7. I just assumed there was different types for different pastas
AnEvilGenius
But you were 6. That's acceptable.
HaddenU
Why are they called PINEapples if they don't grow on PINE trees?
Snooj
They're actually PI-Napples in reference to how it's fun to take little naps after eating pie.
Theghostimgurian
Tin foil hat on
icookfoodandfightfire
In old English, the word Apple was used interchangeably with fruit. And the pine came from the similarity to pine cones when they're young
PegLegSteg
Look like Pune cones and the bark of some pine treea
applesapplesapples
They got nothing to do with me either
LadyWidebottom
Pretty sure they're called ananas everywhere else.
ARussianAndHisBike
They are : )
WarfritLive
Pina in Spanish
tankdog420
You know the saying..."fuck everywhere else"
AntiWormMeasures
Hah, classic 'Murica.
Bluemax2000
Nah classic england aka America of europe.
crimsonslate
In korea they call them PAPP
deanveloper
PPAP.
TalkingDustBunny
Well they don't look anything like a banana either
Volt1ighter
It's almost like English is the stupid language, not all the other languages
TalkingDustBunny
pretty much
tRAGE
Spanish explorers thought pineapples looked like a pine cone, so they called it "piña." The English added "apple"...
PourquoipasWhynot
They could not know the local name because they saw the plant once the natives were not standing anymore.
theignatz
Because "apple" was used as a term for a generic fruit at the time.
virgil592
So in conclusion, The English are Assholes.
MaxieMooo
Aw cmon man, theres a difference between being stupid and being an asshole. Theyre not always exclusive but give us the benefit of the doubt
virgil592
You put Apple after Pine. There is no Benefit of the doubt.
719Matmat
They're more often called an anana. Probably just in my parts tho
sunyudai
Bun then the Apple-Pinapple thing doesn't work. Unless bananas stay the same, you could do Banana-Anana.
HughLaurie
This shit! Is ananas!
byohzzrd
Nope. Most of the world, actually.
WisconsinHome
Where?
719Matmat
Argentina
simeme
In Germany it's Ananas
AnonymousEnigmatik
Ananas for scale
WisconsinHome
Thanks nice photo
ICanHasJava
Same in Denmark
TheHeathLedger
It's Ananas in almost all languages....
Sennin808
Is this not common knowledge? Not being sarcastic, just always had pineapples around.
mi17ke
If it is knowledge to you, then everyone must know it? That is really logical.
Knilore
When I was a kid I thought they grew on trees like other fruits. Coconuts, oranges, apples... didn't know til the internet and tv got huge.
CRUSTYSMEGMA
Same. I had this exact thought last time this was posted
scudbomb
You would be surprised.
Weissicles
Given their name most expect them to be in trees. Pine being a tree and apple.. well you know it already.
LoveTheShiningWire
I honestly thought they grew on trees. Thank you.
futureman3000
No one's born knowing everything. Except me, of course.
scudbomb
Congrats on the top post ! :)
Zaranthan
I didn't know until I actually saw a plant. For some reason, not pictured in any of my textbooks growing up.
umbreon089
m8 I live in a desert
gad885
Found the Hawaiian
Sennin808
Yup
Teerhand
me, being a pineapple myself, must say i already knew too
PuffTheMagicSwaggin
Look At mr fancy with his pineapple knowledge
Mcscootsiesir
Thank you
freegiant
Hey waitasec, you're not Mr Fancy
Mtchllwng
Will the real Mr Fancy please stand up
WatneyTheSpacePirate
And raise a pineapple in each hand up
FiliBFOS
I lived in Hawaii 5 years before I found this out. I'm now into my 6th year living here.
Mimsey
I had zero idea how they grew but would have guessed that they grew like coconuts.
TechnicallyRight
As a person that lives not on a coastline of America. No. It is not common knowledge.
REDS1X
Well Mr. 808 I would like to inform you most states don't grow pineapples.
PoofybirdDesign
You can buy the baby plants at Home Depot sometimes. There's miniature breeds of decorative pineapples, so cute!
borys666
I imagine on other hand there are regions of world where people don't know how potatoes grow.
ConchoidalFracture
Before moving to FL had no idea. They still do look silly growing like that
Aulophobia1
I went to Disney and saw a pineapple bush? for the first time, i for some reason thought that they grew on trees
KNIVESY
Pretty sure it is. It's just so fuckin' basic.
jessicadee
I lived with a family in Florida for a year and they told me they had pineapples in the garden. I looked up and said "where?"
invisibulman
I also thought they grew on trees until I saw one in Belize and was like; WTF is this hand grenade plant?
lunatic242
TBH I thought pineapples grew on a same kinda tree as Coconuts.
TomFletcherrr
Honestly I had no idea since I never thought about how a pineapple grows
PunchyMcFruit
News to me, thanx for todays learnin :)
ThePunetrator
I've found a surprisingly large number of people who don't know this. Thought it was common, but I grew up in Hawaii sooooo.....
Moljnir
Eeeehhhh howzit cuz
ThePunetrator
Sup braddah!?
Sennin808
Exact same for me
Tom40
I remember driving past miles of pineapple farms in North Dakota. Or was that just weed? Can't tell them apart.
bishopmuzorewa
Never really thoght about it before i saw one growing and i was like "huh" easely the best 7000 mile trip ive ever made
benbrockn
*clears throat* It's called ananas
treebreaker
We have porcupines bet I know more about them than pineapple
maighstir
They have at least one thing in common: neither grow on trees.
treebreaker
Surprisingly porcupines climb trees, heard a story where one fell out of a tree on a coworkers fathers head when he was hiking in the forest
CheeseBelongsInTheKitten
I live near the giant pineapple, you can tell if you look it up it is really giant.
Sennin808
The old dole water tower?
CheeseBelongsInTheKitten
On the Gold Coast.
Sennin808
Ha! I never knew THAT. There was one in Hawaii where my dad worked.
CheeseBelongsInTheKitten
The more you know!
DontcallmeLen
Being from England, this is new information.
OmgPleaseSendCoffeeASAP
Eden Project in Cornwall is where i learned this. It's a gorgeous place.
dannishadow
Being from the US, this is new info for me as well.
YepUsernameChecksOut
Being from the US, this is information that neither surprises nor doesn't surprise me.
LlamaBacon
Really!?
DontcallmeLen
I'd never really given it any consideration.
Sennin808
Makes sense, just never thought about it. Similar to me just finding out recently that 'Brown sauce' is not gravy.
youdontknowmeormydog
Being from UK I knew that :)
someguyfromnowhereclose
Never mind where pineapples come from, I am still trying to wrap my head around the bagged milk concept.
TitaniumMonkeyBalls
KevynDietz
It's pretty straightforward. You get a gallon of milk but it stores more compactly and with less plastic waste.
DahPrincess
I live in Michigan. I just recently learned there are mangos growing wily nilly in Florida.
Poxyfoxy
Yeah, around here it's straw, hay, corn, and beans mostly. The thumb isn't all that diverse lol.
Shrimplet
Hunter222000, did you just say willy nilly
DahPrincess
Yes. Yes i did.
freegiant
No, @Hunter222000 clearly said "wily nilly". Remain calm. Let's not lose our heads here.
Shrimplet
But willy nilly, what a great phrase!
desdeqado
I so agree! I've been trying to bring it back at work
freegiant
I will never disagree with this.