{"id":1538,"date":"2010-06-20T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/20\/carrot-rainbow\/"},"modified":"2010-06-20T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T15:38:00","slug":"carrot-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/20\/carrot-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrot rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/9fVdeBcfkc8\/carrot-rainbow.html\">Carrot rainbow<\/a>: &#8220;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/craphound.com\/images\/Carrots_of_many_colors.jpg?w=625\"><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nielsenhayden.com\/makinglight\/\">PNH<\/a> reminds us, &#8216;The reason modern Western carrots are orange is because they were bred that way, in the 16th and 17th centuries, in tribute to the Dutch royal House of Orange.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/32\/Carrots_of_many_colors.jpg\">Carrots of Many Colors<\/a><br \/>(<i>Thanks, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bopuc\">@bopuc<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2008\/11\/17\/man-carves-carrot-an.html#previouspost\">Man carves carrot and plays it as a clarinet<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2009\/08\/01\/cheezy-poofs-markete.html#previouspost\">Cheezy-poofs marketed as &#8220;organic carrot stix&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2008\/05\/05\/anthropomorphic-carr.html#previouspost\">Anthropomorphic carrot<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2008\/03\/04\/video-legend-of-zeld.html#previouspost\">Video: Legend of Zelda Song Played on Carrot Ocarina &#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2003\/02\/11\/wacky-ebay-auction-d.html#previouspost\">Wacky eBay auction du jour: $16.8K &#8220;Carrot with a vagina&#8221; &#8211; Boing &#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2003\/02\/12\/ebay-carrotwithavagi.html#previouspost\">eBay Carrot-with-a-Vagina meme multiplies: t-shirts, posters &#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2005\/05\/25\/interview_with_flami.html#previouspost\">Interview with Flaming Carrot comic book creator<\/a><\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=d6100218b142a38291a7031311e87bb3&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=d6100218b142a38291a7031311e87bb3&#038;p=1\"><\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.triggit.com\/px?u=pheedo&#038;rtv=TechCons&#038;rtv=p28925&#038;rtv=f7604\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?resize=0%2C0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~4\/9fVdeBcfkc8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrot rainbow: &#8220; 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