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 La Tomatina?
“La Tomatina is a festival in Buñol, Spain, where people throw tomatoes at each other.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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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.
Who named Florida?
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León named Florida in 1513. "La Florida" means "flowery land."