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Sir-Viette t1_j9wfb7z wrote

If I’m not mistaken, she just ate a lychee, among the world’s most delicious tropical fruits, and probably very hard to get in New York.

No wonder she’s looking off camera with that “What miraculous thing did I just eat?” expression on her face.

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i-pity-da-fool t1_j9wk5o2 wrote

That’s definitely not a lychee. Most likely a strawberry.

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Sir-Viette t1_j9wky2n wrote

Hmmm ... maybe you're right.

On the one hand, the outside isn't the bright red of a strawberry, and looks to me more like to reddish brown of a lychee. But on the other hand, that could be down to the colour limitations of the photographic film. Also, strawberries would be much more likely to show up in a New York fruit shop in the 1940s than a lychee.

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