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-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoIt gets even harder the more years you grow them, since at some point the potato beetles are going to find you and start setting up shop
minus-squarevalkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoWhat a tragic fucking end to the Martian that would have been
It gets even harder the more years you grow them, since at some point the potato beetles are going to find you and start setting up shop
What a tragic fucking end to the Martian that would have been