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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- Who invented the Scoville scale?
“Pharmacist Wilbur Scoville created the Scoville scale in 1912 to measure how spicy peppers are.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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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.
Who invented pasteurization?
French scientist Louis Pasteur developed pasteurization in the 1860s, which kills harmful microbes by heating liquids like milk and wine.