3 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOWYESTERDAY

4. The sweet potato is the 6th principal world food crop, andapproximately 90% of the world’s crop is grown in Asia.

6. In 2000, Americans ate about 4 pounds of sweet potatoes per person.Today, it’s nearly double that, at 7.5 pounds per person.

8. Sweet potatoes are actually flowers! They are actually part of the same genus as the morning glory flower,and the flower that blooms from the sweet potato plant looks much like amorning glory.

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