Norman Borlaug saved more than a billion lives with a "miracle wheat"

Interesting and weird fact about Norman Borlaug: 

Did you know? Norman Borlaug saved more than a billion lives with a "miracle wheat" that averted mass starvation, becoming 1 of only 5 people to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Congressional Gold Medal. He said, "Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world." source

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