The U.S. Supreme Court rules that tomatoes are vegetables - May 10th, 1893
May 10, 20246m 46s
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On this day in 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Nix v. Hedden that tomatoes are vegetables, not fruits.
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