11 Apples Are Weird

In which we meet the organs sitting on your counter

You’ll open your eyes to the utter weirdness of the world’s third-favorite fruit.* You’ll hear the stories of the ancient Greek Theophrastus, who pushed forward our understanding of what fruit is. You’ll find out what’s 180º wrong with every picture you’ve ever seen of an apple. You’ll learn how (and why) to put an apple into a coma. And most importantly, you’ll wrestle with one of philosophy’s most profound questions: what is it like to be an apple?

* People eat more bananas than any other fruit, followed by watermelons. Who knew?!