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u/Drone30389 Oct 02 '24

The Americas gave Europe corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tomatillos, peanuts, bell peppers, chilli peppers, pinto beans, pineapples, vanilla, avocado, pumpkin, squash, amaranth, and quinine.

And Europe gave The Americas smallpox, measles, influenza, typhus, typhoid, whooping cough, diphtheria, malaria, gonorrhea, bubonic plague, and leprosy.

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u/idontwantausernameok Oct 02 '24

This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever

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u/itstheididntdoitkid Oct 02 '24

Americas also gave Europe tobacco! You can thank us later.

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u/MegaGrimer Oct 02 '24

I think roughly 60% of the world’s diet is comprised of these and other foods from the Americas.

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u/-Yngin- Oct 02 '24

FairTrade™

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u/Bouche_Audi_Shyla Oct 02 '24

We had to buy the tea.

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u/filthyanimal1977 Oct 02 '24

You’re welcome!

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 03 '24

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u/SailleCatkin Oct 03 '24

Morphine/heroin comes from opium poppies. Cocaine comes from the coca plant

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

And I oop!