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[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I might be wrong, learned it here in France, any potato historians out there?

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The same story is definitely told about Frederick the Great, who put great effort into cultivating the potato in Prussia.