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Tater tastic: Love potatoes? Thank the Irish

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Pssst. Don't eat the green potatoes. That warning aside, today is ideal for savoring the tuber that's proven itself a lucky charm for the Sons of Erin. Nearly 1 million Irish turned their luck around by coming to America in flight from the six-year Irish Potato Famine that began in 1845.
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