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		roel_v on May 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percen... Right, because apple trees took a stroll across the Mediterranean to settle in Europe?

semi-extrinsic on May 3, 2017 [–]

No, obviously humans brought them over. Those same humans also brought the rat all over Europe, and with it the Bubonic Plague aka. the Black Death - which killed a third of the human population - full stop. Think about that one for a while.

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