You buy some fresh fruit at the grocery store. When you get home, you are in a hurry, and you put the fresh fruit in the crisper with some overripe fruit. At the end of the week you are disappointed to find that your new fruit has already become overripe. What happened?

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The overripe fruit released ethylene, which increased the rate of ripening in the fresh fruit. Ethylene is a hormone that triggers the ripening process in fruits and vegetables, and overripe fruit releases more of it. This is why it's important to keep overripe fruit separate from fresh fruit to avoid prematurely ripening the fresh fruit.

You Buy Some Fresh Fruit at the Grocery Store