Corn used to be a bitter fruit 19mm short – human manipulation changed it to the size and taste we are used to today.
Some early forms of corn were only edible as popcorn. The Aztecs were making popcorn from wild corn prior to making flour from corn.
Some early forms of corn were only edible as popcorn. The Aztecs were making popcorn from wild corn prior to making flour from corn.
Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari was sentenced to nine years in prison on August 2, 1920 for publishing a book titled "Makaiko Kheti" ("The Cultivation of Maize"). Despite its seemingly innocuous agricultural subject, the book was interpreted by the Rana regime as a covert criticism of the government. The authorities saw the book's content as a metaphor for political dissent and thus a threat to their rule. Consequently, Adhikari was arrested and sentenced to prison, where he tragically died before completing his sentence.
During The Great Depression, crop prices dropped so much some farm families burnt corn instead of coal in their stoves because corn was cheaper. Sometimes the countryside smelled like popcorn from all the corn burning in the kitchen stoves.
For nearly a century, Jimmy Red corn was used by bootleggers to make moonshine whiskey. The variety nearly went extinct in the early 2000s, but two remaining ears of corn were used to revive it.
Christopher Nolan grew an actual corn field for the movie Insterstellar, and actually turned a profit on it.
An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.
A pound of corn consists of about 1,300 kernels.
The corncob (ear) is actually part of the corn plant's flower.
An ear of corn almost always has an even number of rows (twelve, fourteen, or sixteen).
Contrary to popular belief, you do actually break down and absorb the nutrients in corn—you just don't digest the kernels.
About 70 per cent of Canadian corn is grown in Ontario.
40% of corn is used for ethanol to add to fuel; another 40% is used for livestock feed.
Corn has an incredibly long shelf life. Archaeologists have been able to pop 1,000-year-old popcorn.
The Indian word maiz means "sacred mother" or "giver over life". Some ancient tribes believed that corn is afraid to be cooked so a woman must warm it first with her breath.
Farmers grow corn on every continent except Antarctica.
6,726 boxes of cornflakes are produced from one acre of harvested corn.
Popcorn is the only type of corn that will pop.
Source windsorstar.com
During The Great Depression, crop prices dropped so much some farm families burnt corn instead of coal in their stoves because corn was cheaper. Sometimes the countryside smelled like popcorn from all the corn burning in the kitchen stoves.
For nearly a century, Jimmy Red corn was used by bootleggers to make moonshine whiskey. The variety nearly went extinct in the early 2000s, but two remaining ears of corn were used to revive it.
Christopher Nolan grew an actual corn field for the movie Insterstellar, and actually turned a profit on it.
An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.
A pound of corn consists of about 1,300 kernels.
The corncob (ear) is actually part of the corn plant's flower.
An ear of corn almost always has an even number of rows (twelve, fourteen, or sixteen).
Contrary to popular belief, you do actually break down and absorb the nutrients in corn—you just don't digest the kernels.
About 70 per cent of Canadian corn is grown in Ontario.
40% of corn is used for ethanol to add to fuel; another 40% is used for livestock feed.
Corn has an incredibly long shelf life. Archaeologists have been able to pop 1,000-year-old popcorn.
The Indian word maiz means "sacred mother" or "giver over life". Some ancient tribes believed that corn is afraid to be cooked so a woman must warm it first with her breath.
Farmers grow corn on every continent except Antarctica.
6,726 boxes of cornflakes are produced from one acre of harvested corn.
Popcorn is the only type of corn that will pop.
Source windsorstar.com
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