It was only in 1969 (nice) that fungi officially became its own separate kingdom.

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    Similarly, “a planet” can be understood in technical or colloquial context which changes the meaning. It can have a specific meaning or a vague flexible meaning, just like with berries.

    BTW raspberries are my favorite berries… sort of. Watermelons are pretty good too.

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      Actually planet doesn’t have any hard set definition, we kind of just do it case by case because its damn near impossible to come up with a rigid definition that doesn’t suddenly classify some planets as moons or some moons as planets or create weird situations in which an object can switch between the two.