A while ago I learned the original Chinese name for a kiwifruit (which is originally from China, and was rebranded as a New Zealand thing thanks to Cold War tensions) is a "monkey peach" This is a 1000x better name and makes me far more interested in eating them
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Tommy Atkins, the person, repeatedly submitted his eponymous mango variety for judging to the Florida Mango Forum only to have it rejected because they thought it was too low-quality to consider But his faith in his bad mango was ultimately rewarded with great commercial success
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(Professional mango critics consider the Tommy Atkins to be particularly flavorless and fibrous for a mango and therefore highly undesirable But this is exactly why it survives long-distance transport and long-term storage better than any other mango variety)
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