lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours 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-square24fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1234arrow-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 · 9 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·6 hours agoThe more impressive thing is how the British had a global empire for roughly 400 years, and their cuisine remained awful.
minus-squareninjabard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 hours agoAccess to all those spices and they come up with bread sauce
The more impressive thing is how the British had a global empire for roughly 400 years, and their cuisine remained awful.
Access to all those spices and they come up with bread sauce