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How Did Vanilla Become a Byword for Blandness?
The spice is one of the world’s most elusive, complex and hard to cultivate ingredients. But for many Americans, it still represents a “boring” choice.
How Did the Eggplant Emoji Become Our Default Sex Symbol?
A variety of fruits have long been used to convey eroticism, but in their emoji form, one seems to have won out.