July 9, 2012

Hold the Pickles

Amerigo Vespucci was a pickle merchant who helped stock vitamin C-rich pickles on the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. Pickles were known to prevent scurvy outbreaks. Vespucci later became an explorer.

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