http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2481 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:43:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2481/comment-page-1#comment-3976 David Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:59:56 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2481#comment-3976 good to know! sort of makes you wonder what kind of gas the big apple gives off! good to know! sort of makes you wonder what kind of gas the big apple gives off!

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2481/comment-page-1#comment-3949 Susan Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:41:47 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2481#comment-3949 This is also another reason why you should never store apples on the bottom shelf in your fridge if you have other veggies or fruit in the fridge. At restaurants where they have walk-in coolers for produce, apples have to be stored in a corner by themselves or on the top shelf to prevent them from making the other produce spoil too quickly. This is also another reason why you should never store apples on the bottom shelf in your fridge if you have other veggies or fruit in the fridge. At restaurants where they have walk-in coolers for produce, apples have to be stored in a corner by themselves or on the top shelf to prevent them from making the other produce spoil too quickly.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2481/comment-page-1#comment-3938 justawriter Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2481#comment-3938 It does work, but the gas involved is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene" rel="nofollow">ethylene</a> rather than nitrogen. I believe some fruits and vegetables are packaged under nitrogen to retard ripening and prevent spoilage. It does work, but the gas involved is ethylene rather than nitrogen. I believe some fruits and vegetables are packaged under nitrogen to retard ripening and prevent spoilage.

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