Jumat, 29 September 2017

Kudzu- Japan’s Wonder Vine

How a wonder vine unveiled by Japan at the 1876 Centennial began eating America. The amazing wonders on display at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia—the first world’s fair held in the United States—included Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, a Remington typewriter, Heinz ketchup and Hines root beer. But the exhibit that drew the most oohs …

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