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Weird News: Vegetable dumbies

October 3, 2012 – File this one under Doh! A research survey conducted in the UK has unearthed that one in five of Britons think that parsnips grow on trees.

According to the research, a worrying number of British grown-ups did not know the root vegetable is grown underground. Adding to the worry is the fact that another 20% of adults think that melons come from underground. And one in 20 believe they can find a Granny Smith in the potato aisle of a supermarket. READ MORE