I see these fruit things all the time while I walk home. They've always looked out of place. Like they belong in the rainforest, not in a desert.
They are weird looking too. Bright green with spikes. I was trying to decide whether they were transplanted Amazonian fruits that somehow adapted to desert life, or alien pods, planted on trees in order to await the right moment to leap down and attack.
Today, I learned what they are: Horse Chestnuts. Or more accurately, horse chestnut conkers. This is what wikipedia calls the nut. Conkers.
Yeah, weird. Behind that oh so exotic looking exterior is something very plain and common. Go figure.
I still think they're alien pods.
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