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False: Determining the Gender of Bell Peppers

Yasmine SamiYasmine Sami
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25th April 2021
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1:57 pm
25th April 2021
False: Determining the Gender of Bell Peppers
There is no specific gender associated with the fruit (Getty).

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Social media users circulated information that claims that the number of bumps distinguishes the sex of the pepper. The claim has been circulating online since 2013 on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

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