Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Since the first time they caught a ride on a Spanish ship from Peru, potatoes have taken the world on a wild journey. Feared as the "work of the devil", hailed as the answer to starvation and cooked into a thousand different recipes, today our planet consumes one trillion- a trillion! - every single year. In this video we trace the potato back to the very beginning and follow its incredible path from Incan sacrifices to Mr. Potato Head and everything in between.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - The Potato
2:13 - Machu Picchu
5:47 - Early History
8:17 - Chuño
9:53 - Market
13:28 - The Potato Crosses the Ocean
15:09 - The Savior of the Ming
18:03 - Tudou
20:45 - Fear and Superstition
23:20 - The Potato Takes Europe
28:14 - French Cuisine
30:51 - The Last Holdouts
33:39 - Potatoes Everywhere
35:10 - Ireland
36:37 - Famine
39:37 - Irish Feast
41:37 - Aftermath
43:30 - Fries, Chips, and Everything Else
46:44 - Ms. Maria and Mr. Singh
48:57 - Eight Days of Chuño
50:17 - The Big Day
54:25 - The Potato Today
57:34 - Credits and Post-Credits

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