Crazy Russian scientists try to grow vegetables in Antarctica. Because of course they are. If they also tried to revive Lysenko is less clear, but maybe he doesn´t like watermelons?
Russian scientists have grown watermelons in the coldest place on Earth
Avocados and squash co-evolved with the Pleistocene megafauna...which created problems once said megafauna disappeared! Until humans developed a taste for these fruits, that is.
Interesting contribution about "ghost fruits" and "evolutionary anachronisms".
