stackyFACTSCoconuts largely domesticated themselves by casually floating across oceans until they hit Southeast Asian beaches. Early coastal communities then had the deeply frustrating task of figuring out how to bypass a thick fibrous husk and a rock-hard shell just to get a sip of vaguely sweet water.
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