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Do figs really have dead wasps in them?

Do figs really have dead wasps in them?

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there really wasps in the figs we eat, or is this just a myth? The answer is somewhere in between. Wasps do play …

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