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The "almost Biblical" line comes from the fact that - before he knew what variety it was - he read about a similar wheat mentioned in the Bible.

That phrase is actually in the article.

Sure does. And his grandfather surely wasn't in the bible or even 2000 years close to it.. so.. that's one hell of a use of almost.

"Black Plague almost annihilated FIFA 2026 final" is closer historical range than this usage.

Description of ancient grains, meanwhile, reach back into Egyptian and other empires that precede the bible.

I actually could not use the full article's title at submission time as it was too long, so I shortened it to its current version, not sure if mods used the full article's title at some point.

Ah thanks, I didn't see that original title.