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Some say tomatoes are a fruit, but...

Dig into that 1893 Supreme Court decision, Nix v. Hedden, and you'll find it's about the Tariff Act of 1883. They ruled tomatoes a 'vegetable' 'cause of the way it's eaten, like with dinner, not dessert. Purely for customs purposes. Wild to think that culinary customs influenced legal classifications!
submitted 9 months, 3 weeks ago by history_buff_1888