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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- Was ketchup always made with tomatoes?
“Ketchup was originally a fish sauce, and tomato ketchup became popular in the 1800s.”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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Did the Supreme Court decide whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable?
In 1893, the US Supreme Court ruled in Nix v. Hedden that the tomato should be treated as a vegetable for tax purposes, even though botanists call it a fruit.
What was the Irish Potato Famine?
The Irish Potato Famine of 1845 to 1852 was caused by a disease that destroyed potato crops. About a million people died and about a million more left Ireland.