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Audio Interchange File Format  |  2000-01-25  |  278.3 KB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  24 seconds
Transcription: During their 1492 voyage, members of Columbus's crew made an important discovery. On the islands now known as Haiti and Cuba, they came across corn. Columbus and later explorers took the crop back to Europe. From there, it eventually spread throughout most of the world. Corn, also known as maize, is one of the most significant foods the Americas gave the world.