"Out of the thirty thousand types of edible plants thought to exist on Earth, just elevenâ€”corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye, and oatsâ€”account for 93 percent of all that humans eat, and every one of them was first cultivated by our Neolithic ancestors."

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Source : FaceBook post by Bill Bryson from Jul 05, 2016

Bill Bryson

#Oats Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Any time you have coaching changes and things like that, you go and study everything.”

Source : Source: beachcarolina.com
“No graven images may be Worshipped, except the currency.”

Source : "The Latest Decalogue" l. 3 (1862)
“He does cry a lot. It's nothing new, nothing special! And actually I think everyone was crying in my box, so I think he wasn't the only one. I was crying, as well. But my dad is very emotional. I have that from him. It's my dad. He has a birthday tomorrow, so I'm just glad that he has a nice present.”
“Shakespeare was a smart dude. He was the president of Rome.”
“Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.”
“The life in Italy is the life of a wealthy country: consumptions haven't diminished, it's hard to find seats on planes, our restaurants are full of people.”
“I'll never retire. The new millennium is the age of adventure as far as I am concerned. I'm going up a volcano and off into space.”
“I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active.”

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