garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years 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-square28fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down18
arrow-up1343arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareHerbstzeitlose@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoFunny, other way around for me.
minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoI guess it depends on which country you’re from :P
Funny, other way around for me.
I guess it depends on which country you’re from :P