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Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries; at some point in your life you’ve probably eaten a potato. But potatoes have played a much more significant role in our history than just that of the dietary staple we have come to know and love today. Leo BearMcGuinness shares how without the potato, our modern civilization might not exist at all.

Lesson by Leo BearMcGuinness, animation by Black Powder Design.