Monday, November 5, 2012

Did you know...
... that today is Maize Discovery Day? In 1492, several members of Columbus's crew came back from the interior of Cuba with a new grain, maize, also known as corn. Columbus brought back corn seeds to Europe after returning from his first trip to America. Up to this time, people living in Europe did not know about corn.

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