Interesting Snippet:
Rice predates the invention of the wheel by approximately 8,000 years, a wild grain, sustained early humans even before the wheel was in vented.
Fun Facts
Archaeological evidence places the earliest rice usage in the Yangtze River Valley, China, around 12,000 BC and 15000 BC in Korea. Studies suggest that during this period, humans foraged wild rice varieties in all five continents. The seeds used to shatter on ripening. Imagine relying on a grain needed to be collected at right time before it shattered to fall on ground. This grain provided essential carbohydrates during a time when megafauna were becoming extinct, and humans were adapting to changing climates.
Time Pass
Rice: From being a wild plant to today it is cultivated in 117 Countries out of 195 and fifty percent population on earth eat rice at least once every day.
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