Banana peels are both edible and nutritious, but US culture doesn't consider them fit to eat. This vegan BBQ pulled pork sandwich might change your mind.
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov
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