The Prisoner Who Tricked France Into Eating Potatoes
18th Century Europe

The Prisoner Who Tricked France Into Eating Potatoes

While Europe burned around him, one French gardener quietly grew vegetables that would feed a continent—and accidentally invent modern agriculture.

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