# Educate me on one of the finer points of botany, please (Brussels sprouts)

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**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-one-of-the-finer-points-of-botany-please-brussels-sprouts/658289/5 "2013-05-14T05:35:24Z")

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I always thought Kohlrabi was a medieval-era Jewish Talmudic scholar/philosopher.

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