A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from December 14, 2019
“Grapefruit is a fruit named after a fruit”

“Grapefruit” is a strange name to many. “Grapefruit, a fruit named after a fruit” was posted on Twitter by Mdange kaTshiwo on July 8, 2014. “Grapefruit: the only fruit named after a fruit” was posted on Twitter by Anna on January 13, 2016.
   
“Grapefruit is a fruit named after a fruit” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on December 14, 2019.
     
         
Wikipedia: Grapefruit
The grapefruit (Citrus × paradisi) is a subtropical citrus tree known for its relatively large sour to semi-sweet, somewhat bitter fruit. Grapefruit is a citrus hybrid originating in Barbados as an accidental cross between two introduced species – sweet orange (C. sinensis), and pomelo (or shaddock) (C. maxima) – both of which were introduced from Asia in the seventeenth century. When found, it was nicknamed the “forbidden fruit”. Frequently, it is misidentified as the very similar parent species, pomelo.
 
The grape part of the name alludes to clusters of fruit on the tree that often appear similar to grape clusters.
 
Twitter
Mdange kaTshiwo
@AwonkeTini
Grapefruit, a fruit named after a fruit.
2:50 AM · Jul 8, 2014·Mobile Web (M2)
   
Twitter
Anna
@AnnaBananaMan
Grapefruit: the only fruit named after a fruit
9:44 PM · Jan 13, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/liltrigger December 14, 2019
Grapefruit is a fruit named after a fruit.
COMMENTS
Bjarki56
Hello, meet the pineapple.
 
Twitter
Shower Thoughts 🚿
@ShowerB0T
Grapefruit is a fruit named after a fruit. #Showerthoughts
6:46 PM · Dec 14, 2019·ShowerBot
 
Twitter
shower thoughts
@thinking2015
Grapefruit is a fruit named after a fruit. #thinkaboutit
11:21 PM · Dec 14, 2019·IFTTT

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