The potato game has been good to Mark Coombs and his family, and he's been sure to pay back to the industry when and where he can. Coombs is perhaps best known as the face of Idaho potato growers in the Idaho Potato Commission's series of commercials that have run on national television the past three years.

His name is Dallas Bartholomew. But those in the know call him "Tater Guy." "So I hold a giant potato in the Hog Pen, and it's basically kind of a dedication to Carson Shaddy," Bartholomew said. Shaddy played second base for the Diamond Hogs from 2015-2017.

Junius Groves Junius Groves started life as an enslaved person in Kentucky. By the time of his death, he would be celebrated, by those fortunate enough to know his story, as an exemplary builder of community, and as the “Potato King” of Kansas and beyond.

Though many allege that the diet has helped them lose significant weight, no scientific studies support these claims. The potato diet is a fad diet that promises rapid weight loss by eating nothing but potatoes for three to five days. These claims have not been scientifically proven.

Mr. Potato Head was invented and manufactured by George Lerner in 1949, but was first distributed by Hasbro in 1952. It was the first toy advertised on television and has remained in production since.

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The Mr. Potato Head concept was the brainchild of George Lerner, a Brooklyn-born inventor who spent his childhood making dolls for his sisters out of potatoes from the garden, fashioning rudimentary facial features out of fruits and vegetables.

The theory is that a potato is the perfect vehicle to absorb excess salt. Just throw it into the pot and simmer it for awhile, remove it after it's absorbed some of the salt, and you're left with less-salty soup. No need to add more liquid or other ingredients to help disperse the extra salt.

However, even though the potato diet shows some positive results in supporting the weight loss process in the short term, the safety of the potato diet for the long-term approach is not proved by any scientific research.

1949 – Mr. Potato Head was invented and developed by George Lerner. George Lerner would often take potatoes from his mother's garden and, using various fruits and vegetables as facial features, he would make dolls for his younger sisters to play with.

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In France, it was fed to pigs but considered suspect for human consumption. Superstition held that it was poisonous or caused leprosy - based on gnarled potatoes resembling the stubbed appendages of lepers.