Fun Potato Facts

It's May 8th so...May the fourth be with you times two. Here are eight potato fun facts:

1. For a very short period of time in Alaska, potatoes were more valuable than gold

2. The potato is the very first vegetable to be grown in space

3.  Potatoes were thought to have made childbirth easier

4. The world's largest potato was grown in the UK in 2010, weighing about the same as a newborn baby

5.  A potato is about 80% water and 20% solids

6. Long ago, Europeans did not accept potatoes because they claimed to not have been in the Bible

7. Potatoes have more Potassium than bananas

8. Potatoes have more Vitamin C than oranges