Alongside her husband, British designer Charles Frederick Worth, Marie Vernet revolutionized the fashion industry.

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Frederick's great-grandfather, Elector Frederick William, introduced it to the Brandenburg area of Prussia in the 1650s, but only because he liked the aesthetics of the plant's leafy greens.

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