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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- What color were the first carrots?
“The first cultivated carrots were purple or yellow. Orange carrots became popular in the Netherlands in the 1600s.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Who invented the telescope?
Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lipperhey applied for the first known patent for a telescope in 1608.