@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 1 year 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 • 1 year agomessage-square26fedilink
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