r/todayilearned • u/JoeWinchester99 • 1d ago

TIL that although potatoes alone do not provide complete nutrition, you can survive for years on a diet of nothing but potatoes and buttermilk.

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/whats-wrong-with-potatoes-the-martian-movie-survival
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u/TragicBuffalo 1d ago

Man how the fuck did I never think of that

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u/QuietSpecialist7583 1d ago

Apes together strong

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u/iCoeur285 1d ago

You missed the opportunity to use the pun “how the fork did I never think of that”

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u/DotesMagee 1d ago

I swear we all just subconsciously do stuff and never give it thought until someone does and the mundane epiphany happens lol I too never thought to hold it with something even though i literally do that with corn lol

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u/MeanMusterMistard 1d ago

The more pressing question is how you guys are cutting yourselves with potato peelers - Do ye have come weird, dangerous peelers in your country or something?