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minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 days agoI never understood why in the US (North America? Europe?) children do this experiment with potatoes. Use a citric fruit instead, much better at moving ions around.
minus-squarer8KNzcU8TzCroexsE2xbWC@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days agoI think it’s because every American thinks they’re Irish
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoBut potatoes are from the Americas
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoIf you go back far enough, it’s all Pangaea 🤷
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoI think its because potatoes rot a lot slower giving the kid time to enjoy the clock.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAnd the kid can eat it in the end.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoOranges seem a good alternative. Oranges and Tomatoes used to be extremely abundant in the U.S. not sure I want to check their prices now
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoEuropean here, France, maybe we should use black coffee and a cigarette.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoProbably because potatoes are less messy than citrus fruits. No teacher wants to deal with an even stickier classroom.
I never understood why in the US (North America? Europe?) children do this experiment with potatoes. Use a citric fruit instead, much better at moving ions around.
I think it’s because every American thinks they’re Irish
But potatoes are from the Americas
If you go back far enough, it’s all Pangaea 🤷
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I think its because potatoes rot a lot slower giving the kid time to enjoy the clock.
And the kid can eat it in the end.
Oranges seem a good alternative. Oranges and Tomatoes used to be extremely abundant in the U.S. not sure I want to check their prices now
European here, France, maybe we should use black coffee and a cigarette.
Probably because potatoes are less messy than citrus fruits. No teacher wants to deal with an even stickier classroom.