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DID YOU KNOW THAT ORANGE CARROTS WERE MADE BY THE DUTCH? BACK IN THE 10TH CENTURY, CARROTS WERE MOSTLY WHITE, PURPLE OR EVEN PALE YELLOW. BUT THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN WILLIAM OF ORANGE (KING WILLIAM III) HELPED THE DUTCH GAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN IN THE 17TH CENTURY. DUTCH FARMERS HONOURED THE KING BY TURNING THEIR CARROTS ORANGE THROUGH CLEVER BREEDING. DAILY COUNTRY FUN FACT! PART 5: NETHERLANDS