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A four-ton Big Idaho Potato truck stopped at the South Eugene Safeway for the first time in Eugene as part of a nationwide charity tour, merging a quirky promotional stunt with fundraising for local causes.
Genomic analysis published in Cell (2025) shows the potato lineage arose from an ancient hybrid between a tomato-lineage ancestor and an Etuberosum ancestor about 8–9 million years ago in southern South America, with two key genes (SP6A and IT1) from each parent driving tuber formation; domesticated ~7,000 years ago near Lake Titicaca, the potato is an evolutionary novelty that could inform modern breeding using wild relatives.
The idea that placing a potato in your sock can cure a cold is a myth; there is no scientific evidence to support this practice.
Scientists discovered that potatoes originated from a hybridization event between ancestors of tomatoes and Etuberosum around 9 million years ago, which allowed them to adapt to high-altitude habitats in the Andes and eventually led to domesticated varieties. This hybridization provided potatoes with unique traits like tuber formation, and understanding this process could help develop disease-resistant and climate-resilient potato crops through genetic engineering.
Scientists have discovered that modern potatoes originated from a hybridization event 9 million years ago between two plants, one related to the tomato, shedding light on the potato's ancient evolutionary history and its significance in global food supply.
Scientists have discovered that the modern potato originated from hybridization between ancestors of tomato plants and a potato-like plant called etuberosum in South America around 9 million years ago, leading to the development of the petota lineage which includes cultivated and wild potato species.
"A Potato That Wasn't A Christian" is a 1960 Evangelical pamphlet that uses the story of a rotten potato to teach children about the concept of a Christian having a new heart and the corruption of sin. The pamphlet, published by the Pilgrim Tract Society, emphasizes the importance of having a clean heart and invites readers to pray to Jesus for a clean heart.