Today's xkcd:

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And this is the related NPR article, for those of you who'd rather click a link than type one out.

I had no idea about the breeding program! I thought they just tasted better than we've been told because everybody now knows not to boil brassicas. (NEVER boil a brassica.)

They look cool and surreal on the stem, too, like something out of Seuss.

If your fantasy late-medieval-esque Europe isn't actually our world

then I guess I can overlook the potatoes, the peppers, and even the vanilla. Sure. They're useful crops, after all, even if there appears to be nothing similar to the Columbian Exchange in this universe.

However, I gotta draw the line at skunks and poison ivy coexisting in the same environment as peacocks and... okay, actually it turns out that my knowledge of native non-domesticated Afro-Eurasian flora and fauna is a bit skimpy, but you know what I mean. What's next, kangaroos?

Relatedly: Hedgehogs live in Europe. Porcupines live in America. I know that they're both prickly, but they're not interchangeable in the environment or, crucially, in stories.

President Trump has been impeached

But I don't know the odds of him being removed. I'd better ask a bookie, they'd have some idea.