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The lemon, like many other cultivated Citrus species, is a hybrid, in its case of the citron and the bitter orange. [5] [6] The lemon is a hybrid of the citron and the bitter orange. [6] Taxonomic illustration by Franz Eugen Köhler, 1897 . Lemons were most likely first grown in northeast India. [7] The origin of the word lemon may be Middle ...
Lemons, pomelos, and sour oranges were introduced to the Mediterranean by Arab traders around the 10th century CE. Sweet oranges were brought to Europe by the Genoese and Portuguese from Asia during the 15th to 16th century. Mandarins were not introduced until the 19th century. [18] [19] [20] Oranges were introduced to Florida by Spanish colonists.
A drink made with lemons, dates, and honey was consumed in Mamluk Egypt, including a lemon juice drink with sugar, known as qatarmizat. [4] In 1676, a company known as Compagnie de Limonadiers sold lemonade in Paris. [5] Vendors carried tanks of lemonade on their backs and dispensed cups of the soft drink to Parisians. [6]
Major hint alert: M&Ms creator Forrest Mars, Sr. created the candy just before the start of World War II and, after the war started, the candies were made exclusively for soldiers' rations for a time.
In the 1980s, Lemonhead candy advertisements were mostly centered around sports. The commercials followed a similar pattern and featured a children's sports team; the player who made a mistake would be labeled the "lemonhead". [4] In the 2010s, Lemonhead candy commercials featured athletes as well as the Lemonhead mascot.
A lemon pig is a lemon that has been decorated to take on the appearance of a pig. Construction normally includes matchstick legs, clove or peppercorn eyes and a foil tail. Early lemon pigs appear to have been made as amusements, but from the 1970s onwards they have become associated with good luck and the New Year.
CNN anchor Don Lemon apologized for a series of comments he made during "CNN This Morning" about women being in their "prime" during their "20s and 30s."
Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon are both out of a job. Following Monday's high-profile cable news firings, former CNN anchor Brian Stelter tells ET's Kevin Frazier why he believes the networks parted ...