lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square55fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1437arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoThey sold those spices for profit, that’s how empires work.
They sold those spices for profit, that’s how empires work.