Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Carrots used to be purple

Before the 17th century, almost all carrots were purple.  The modern orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the 16th century took mutant strains of the purple carrot, including yellow and white carrots and developed them into the orange variety we have today.
Read more at http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/04/carrots-used-to-be-purple-before-the-17th-century/#4xCpWZ6cAFKe2PBh.99 


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5 comments:

  1. above you!... oops i thought you said roof!

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  2. lots of people eric, are you so lost you dont like to learn interesting facts

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  3. This is an uninteresting fact. Oh no, this means the world is ending right?

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