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I checked and this is the funniest joke about Nikolai Vavilov ever written.
Title text: I checked and this is the funniest joke about Nikolai Vavilov ever written.

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There is an evolutionary concept sometimes called vavilovian mimicry.
Basically, a plant will mimic a food crop so that it doesn't get removed for being a weed.
Hey! That guy over there isa weed too! Hes just pretending to be grain!
The classic example is rye, once considered a nuisance to farmers.
Rye evolved large seeds and became an annual plant, rather than a perennial. In time, it became a valuable crop.
wild rye
cultivated rye
The upside is that there's a tasty grain we domes- -ticated on accident.
The downside is that rye now seems creepy to me.
Eeeat me! I'll be whatever you want! Look! Look at my plump seeds! Eat me like beautiful wheat gets eaten!
rye whiskey
rye bread
rye flour
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Kill me and raise my babies. This is LOVE

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