The Humble Potato

So today we found out the results of the neighbourhood potato project (growing potatoes in dustbins)

According to the potato museum .....
The potato belongs to the same group as tomatoes, tobacco, chile pepper, eggplant and the petunia.
The potato is about 80% water and 20% solids.
The average American eats about 124 pounds of potatoes per year while Germans eat about twice as much.
In 1974, an Englishman named Eric Jenkins grew 370 pounds of potatoes from one plant.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest potato grown was 7 pounds 1 ounce by J. East (1953) and J. Busby (1982) of Great Britain.
The world’s largest potato chip crisp (on exhibit at the Potato Museum) was produced by the Pringle’s Company in America, in 1990. It measures 23″ x 14.5″.
In October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space.