I heard the most fascinating fact on NPR today: broccoli and other common vegetables are actually cultivars of wild kale. They did not occur in nature until mankind bread them for specific characteristics. I knew broccoli, cabbage, and others were related, but I had no idea of this fascinating lineage.
Here's the NPR Moment of Science podcast of the story and a Wikipedia entry about it, too.
Christopher
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