Potato Facts

An apple and a potato taste nearly identical if you eat them with your nose plugged, because what we call 'taste' is actually 80% smell.

The U.S. government spends millions of dollars annually on potato research—recent programs have allocated $1.85 to $4 million per year to develop new potato varieties!

The TomTato is a plant that produces both potatoes and tomatoes!

In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.