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Fruit hat

(1943 film) A fruit hat is a festive and colorful hat type popularized by Carmen Miranda and associated with tropical locales. This type of hat has been worn by fashionistas, in films, by comic strip characters, and for Halloween. The fruit used tends to sit on the top or around the head, and varies in type, e.g. bananas, berries, cherries, pineapples.

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(1943 film) A fruit hat is a festive and colorful hat type popularized by Carmen Miranda and associated with tropical locales. This type of hat has been worn by fashionistas, in films, by comic strip characters, and for Halloween. The fruit used tends to sit on the top or around the head, and varies in type, e.g. bananas, berries, cherries, pineapples.

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  3. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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