garfaagel@sh.itjust.works 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-square23fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down17
arrow-up1338arrow-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.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-21 year 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