You Learn Something New Everyday

A Jew offered me some of her pomegranate today. As she picked out the seeds, she gave me a mini-history of the pomegranate.

Apparently, they grow in places like Israel...no surprise; Israel is pretty warm. That makes sense.

They also apparently represent fertility in Judaism, which makes sense too; there are a ton of seeds (eggs) in those things, just like a woman's ovaries...no surprise there either.

But apparently, every pomegranate has exactly 613 seeds in it. Now this is suspicious, because there are 613 commandments. Coincidence? I think so.

There is no way that every pomegranate has exactly 613 seeds in it. That's just ridiculous.

So while you carry out your "important" affairs of the day, I will be counting pomegranate seeds, proving this silly myth's nonsense.

to be continued...