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 eat garlic?
“Ancient Egyptian pyramid workers were fed garlic.”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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Where is the Garlic Capital of the World?
Gilroy, California, calls itself the Garlic Capital of the World.
Why are Abyssinians compared to ancient Egyptian cats?
Abyssinians look strikingly similar to the cats shown in ancient Egyptian art and statues, which led to the long-running but unproven idea that they descend from the sacred cats of Egypt.