Potatoes were used as a currency in Tristan da Cunha!
Tristan da Cunha is an island in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and South America. This island is one of the most remote places on Earth,
and has a population of only 270 people! But did you know that potatoes were
once the currency of this island?! In the 19th century Tristan da Cunha
was a very remote and poor island. And when some rats entered the island, they
started destroying crops like wheat. So, now the islanders relied on only their
livestock, peach and apple trees and potatoes. So, they started using potatoes
as the currency. Potatoes continued to be the currency until the 1950s!
The Pony Express took 10 days to deliver a letter from one side of the country to the other!
The Pony Express was a postal service founded in 1860 in the U.S.A which used to deliver messages, newspapers, and mail on horse-back. The Pony express was one of the fastest mail services of its time. It used to deliver a letter from one side of the country to the other in 10 days!
mmmmm....Potatoes as currency 🤔🤔 interesting
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