Potatoes are grown in all 50 states and 125 countries around the world.
A potato is 80% water and 20% solid.
The average American will eat 124 pounds of potatoes a year.
Germans eat twice as much as Americans at roughly 250 pounds per year.
In 1974, an Englishman named Eric Jenkins grew 370 pounds from one plant.
An 8oz baked potato has roughly 100 calories.
Thomas Jefferson is credited with introducing french fries to America. when he served them at the White House.
According to Guiness, the largest potato ever was 7 pounds and 1 oz.
In the 1890s, potatoes were traded for gold in Alaska during the gold rush.
Potatoes were the first vegetable grown in space.
There are roughly 100 different kinds of edible potatoes.
Potatoes are the 4th most produced and consumed vegetable in the world.
Idaho grows roughly 13 BILLION pounds of potatoes per year.
Potatoes date back to 8000 BC and were originally domesticated in Peru or Bolivia.
• Don't insult other visitors. Offensive comments will be deleted without warning.
• Comments are accepted in English only.
• No swearing words in comments, otherwise such comments will be censored.
• Your nickname and avatar are randomly selected. If you don't post comments for 7 days, they both are reset.
• To choose another avatar, click the ‘Random avatar’ link.
You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.