Why Do We Bob for Apples, Not for Pears?

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Why Do We Bob for Apples, Not for Pears?
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Living things usually sink in water, but the arrangement of gases inside an apple allows it to float, making the Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples possible

Fall is here and so are the traditions that cheer everyone up as the days get shorter, like bobbing for apples. I’ve never done this myself, but I’ve always been curious about why it’s limited to apples. We have lots of apple trees here in the U.K., but we also have lots of native pear trees. Why doesn’t anyone go pear-bobbing?

It turns out that this appealing idea would never catch on, because if you drop a pear in a bucket of water it sinks like a stone. An apple, similar to a pear in so many other ways, sails cheerfully...

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