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 is Queen Anne's lace?
“Queen Anne's lace is the wild ancestor of the carrot.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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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.
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.