garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago

TIL 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 grow

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TIL 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 grow

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garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago

Antoine-Augustin Parmentier - Wikipedia

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Funny, other way around for me.
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  I guess it depends on which country you’re from :P
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