-Potatoes are about 80% water and 20% solid.
-The largest potato grown according to Guinness Book of World Records weighed at 18 pounds and 4 ounces in England in 1795.
-Potatoes were the first vegetable grown in space(1995).
-When you buy potatoes, they are still technically alive and can sprout which is why they need to be kept in a cool and dry place.
-Similar to the not a berry, strawberry; the sweet potato is not part of the potato family.
-The potato chip was invented by mistake in 1853.
-Incans used potatoes for more than just food, they would help a toothache; treat ailments like broken bones, easing frost-bite and even help clear blemishes.
