Contrary to popular belief, baby carrots are not naturally occurring, they were invented in 1986 by Farmer Mike Yurosek. He came up with the idea of chopping up normal carrots that were not marketable due to their shape, packaging them in bags and selling them in supermarkets. By the early 1990s, baby carrots had become a popular snack food.
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In ’86 a California farmer named Mike Yurosek…
In ’86 a California farmer named Mike Yurosek was unhappy he was not able to sell his imperfect carrots. So he cut and shaved them into cuter versions and called them “baby-cut” carrots. Before the invention of the baby carrot, each American ate 6 lbs of carrot a year, now they eat 11 lbs.
The idea that eating carrots helps you s …
The idea that eating carrots helps you see in the dark was a lie invented by the British Airforce in WW2, in order to explain how British air raids were so successful in the dark without tipping the Germans off on the existence of radar.