The Invention of the Baby Carrot
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How a ruse to keep German pilots confused gave the Vitamin-A-rich vegetable too much credit By K. Annabelle Smith, Smithsonian During the 1940 Blitzkrieg, the Luftwaffe often struck under the cover of darkness. In order to make it more difficult for the German planes to hit targets, the British government issued citywide blackouts. The Royal…