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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- Why can't birds feel the heat of chili peppers?
“Birds can't feel the burn of capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers hot, so they eat the peppers and spread the seeds.”
Reference: Scientific American
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Who invented the Scoville scale?
Pharmacist Wilbur Scoville created the Scoville scale in 1912 to measure how spicy peppers are.
Why do horses have hooves instead of toes?
A horse's hoof is actually a single giant toe, the result of millions of years of evolution from small, multi-toed ancestors to a body built for running.