@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 11 months agoTIL that to promote potatoes, French agronomist Parmentier put guards around his potato fields, making them seem valuable. At night, they were left unguarded, so peasants could steal potatoes and growen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down18
arrow-up1344arrow-down1external-linkTIL that to promote potatoes, French agronomist Parmentier put guards around his potato fields, making them seem valuable. At night, they were left unguarded, so peasants could steal potatoes and growen.wikipedia.org@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 11 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-square@NOT_RICKlinkEnglish41•edit-211 months agoThe Colombian exchange must have been such a wild time. Imagine having access to half a world of new stuff with ignorance of invasive organisms
The Colombian exchange must have been such a wild time. Imagine having access to half a world of new stuff with ignorance of invasive organisms