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Feel the love for fennel

Growing up I was always told to eat my carrots as they helped you see in the dark. But upon doing my own research now, that well-used statement which I definitely believed as a child is apparently a myth which stems from a Second World War propaganda campaign – a statement from government designed to respond to a wartime oversupply of carrots and keep the news of improved RAF radar technology a secret. Did you know that?

The real deal of restoring and strengthening eyesight is fennel! It has been praised by Roman

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