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Jennifer Ebeling @[email protected] · 2022-11-23 · 16:05 UTC

November 23, 1862
Alexander Pierce Anderson, an American #Botanist, is born.
His work at the #NewYork #BotanicalGarden (#NYBG) led to a fantastic discovery.
Alex suspected that microscopic amounts of water existed inside the #Nucleus of #Starch crystals in #Rice. Once he found a way to extract the #Water, he created #PuffedRice... and #Breakfast #Cereal was changed #Forever
Alexander sold over 20,000 lbs of puffed rice at the 1904 #St.Louis #WorldFair.
#iamabotanist #garden #funfact

#botanist #nucleus #starch #rice #water #puffedrice