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Historical Nonfiction: Carrots and Politics

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Allegedly, carrots are orange for entirely political reasons: in the 17th century, Dutch growers are thought to have cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange – who led the the struggle for Dutch independence – and the color stuck. A thousand years of yellow, white and…

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    • #democracy
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