2 Comments TIL Despite how popular Oyster mushrooms are in East Asian cuisine, it was first cultivated in Germany during WW1 by whatilearned March 31, 2022, 2:18 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that Swiss chard is a variety of beet that’s been cultivated for leaf growth by whatilearned March 4, 2022, 9:33 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL 6,000 different varieties of rice are cultivated in India. by whatilearned January 21, 2022, 12:05 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL Modern cultivated apples (Malus domestica) trace their roots to Kazakhstan, specifically the region near the city of Almaty, previously named Alma-Ata or “father of apples.” by whatilearned December 8, 2021, 11:45 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that the organism Mycobacterium Leprae, which causes Leprosy, has never been successfully grown in a lab in non-living media. It can only be cultivated in animal specimens, specifically on armadillo feet. This makes the organism extremely difficult to study and nearly impossible to eradicate. by whatilearned November 28, 2021, 9:31 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL: Oranges are a hesperidium, a kind of modified berry with sectioned pulp inside a separable rind. The sweet orange, which accounts for 70% of global orange production, is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin between a pomelo and a mandarin. by whatilearned May 25, 2021, 6:17 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL cannabis is invasive in North America, referred to as ‘feral cannabis,’ ‘wild marijuana,’ and ‘ditch weed’ when it grows in the wild. Seeds can lie dormant for 7-10 years and the wild plant can damage farm equipment. Feral cannabis is cultivated in North Korea. by whatilearned April 21, 2021, 9:43 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that Saffron, the world’s costliest spice by weight, has been cultivated by humans for at least 3500 years and there are no known Saffron plants in the wild. Scientists still disagree about which part of the world the plant orginated. It takes 150,000 flowers to make 1 kg of Saffron spice. by whatilearned April 12, 2021, 7:45 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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