Tomatoes were first grown in Central and South America. They were unknown to the rest of the world until the 16th century.

In the beginning, many people in Europe refused to eat tomatoes because they thought the fruit was dangerous.

Tomatoes first became common in the US in the 1820s, In one story, a man named Robert Johnson ate some tomatoes in public. Everyone in the town crowded around him to watch him die. When he did not die, they realized that tomatoes were safe to eat and no longer avoided them.

Do you know any other interesting stories about food?