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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“Each strand of corn silk connects to a single kernel.”
Reference: University of Illinois Extension
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Where was corn first domesticated?
Corn (maize) was first domesticated about 9,000 years ago in southern Mexico from a wild grass called teosinte.
Do bananas grow on trees?
Bananas don't grow on trees. The banana plant is technically a giant herb, and its "trunk" is made of tightly packed leaf stalks.