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December 27: Learn to Say Potato in a Foreign Language Day

  • 1587 - Germans are introduced to the "potato" and decide to call it "einbraunerklumpenstärkeundverstopfung."
  • 1847 - Ireland officially runs out of potatoes during the Irish Potato Famine and resorts to eating their lightly salted children.
  • 1902 - The world's oldest fossilized potato is discovered in Egypt. It is eaten and reported to have a taste comparable to Pringles.
  • 1992 - Dan Quayle misspells "potato" and is removed from office by Congress. A potato would be inaugurated a year later to replace him.
  • 2019 - Some people die in Kazakhstan after Bek Air puts them on a potato instead of an airplane.