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1: History of Everything: Potatoes

History of Everything

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What's a Scuffula?

For many years, the potato was accused of causing a variety of things. Gabby is going to list for you the things that they believed were directly caused by the consumption of the potato. The potato arrives in Britain in 1585 Belgium and Germany in 1587 Austrian 1588 and Ireland in 1589 and France around 1600.

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