Potatoes were first cultivated in the Andes Mountains of South America over 7,000 years ago.
They come in various tastes, textures, and colors.
Using a potato, it's possible to create a basic battery.
They also offer some protein and various other vitamins and minerals.
In Saratoga Springs, New York, invented the first potato chips in the 1850s.
Potato plants have been successfully grown in space, as demonstrated aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1995.
After rice, wheat, and maize, potatoes rank as the fourth-largest food crop globally.
They can be baked, mashed, fried, boiled, roasted, or transformed into chips or crisps.