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Re:“You don't have a voltmeter. Do you have a potato?” by recuter on Friday November 25, 2022 @05:40AM (#33741098)
Yes and it arrived in Europe by way of the conquistadors. However, it has evolved a bit since then, I could be wrong, but I don't think you'd like the OG potato.
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Re:“You don't have a voltmeter. Do you have a potato?” by TN1ck on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:36AM (#33744050)
As far as I understand it, Peru already had a lot of highly cultivated potato crops. They have over 4000 different kinds and had sophisticated methods for preservation[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu%C3%B1o

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