US farms 1 trillion ears of corn a year, using a chemical called Atrazine that in the concentration of 1 part per billion causes male frogs to grow ovaries! Strangely, a higher dosage reduces the risk. Atrazine is the most widely used weed killer in the United States. It has also been linked to cancer in people.
Corn (maize) was first domesticated about 9,000 years ago in southern Mexico from a wild grass called teosinte.
Corn tortillas are made using nixtamalization, an ancient Mesoamerican method of soaking corn in an alkaline solution that makes it more nutritious and easier to grind.
The potato is one of the world's most important food crops, after rice, wheat, and corn.
Corn was domesticated about 9,000 years ago in Mexico from a wild grass called teosinte.
The US grows the most corn in the world.
An ear of corn almost always has an even number of rows, often around 16.
Each strand of corn silk connects to a single kernel.
Much of the US corn crop is used to make ethanol fuel.
Archaeologists in Peru found evidence of popcorn about 6,700 years old.
The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, is decorated with murals made of corn.
Corn is a type of grass.
Candy corn was originally called "chicken feed."
The "Three Sisters" are corn, beans, and squash, which Native Americans planted together.