Where were potatoes first grown?
Potatoes were first domesticated in the Andes Mountains of South America, in what's now Peru and Bolivia, thousands of years ago.
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- Did ancient Egyptians bury onions with mummies?
“Ancient Egyptians placed onions in the eye sockets of the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses IV.”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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