@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • 2 months agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-square55fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1440arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-square@ninjabardlinkEnglish5•2 months agoAccess to all those spices and they come up with bread sauce
minus-squareNickwithaClinkEnglish4•2 months agoThey sold those spices for profit, that’s how empires work.
Access to all those spices and they come up with bread sauce
They sold those spices for profit, that’s how empires work.