lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1439arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squareninjabard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·29 days agoAccess to all those spices and they come up with bread sauce
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·29 days agoThey sold those spices for profit, that’s how empires work.
Access to all those spices and they come up with bread sauce
They sold those spices for profit, that’s how empires work.