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Vegetables
VI: Eggplant
Mad apples and horny emojis -- eggplant's many names
Animals
V: Ox
How can we keep plowing along on our lonesome?
Flowers
IV: Amaryllis
A quick story about a stuck ship.
Roots
III: Turnip
How turnips started the Industrial Revolution.
Fruits
II: Peach
How to bribe your way to a ripe old age.
Herbs
I: Hemp
Hemp ropes disappeared for, yes, that reason.
Tools
X: Wine Press
Pressure that can light an ice cube on fire.
Flowers
IX: Sunflower
How sunflowers became a symbol of peace in Ukraine.
Grasses
VIII: Buckwheat
What Russia's famous crop says about Russia's people.
Vegetables
VII: Pumpkin
What does it take to grow a cow-sized pumpkin?
Flowers
VI: The Four O'Clock Flower
A flower that likes to party all night long.
Animals
V: Donkey
An admiration of the donkey's anti-work ethic.