Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 7:16 PM
In a spirit of reflection, as the UN's International Year of the Potato winds to a close, we present this monstrosity:
Lebanese farmer Khalil Semhat holds a giant potato in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on December 6, 2008. The farmer couldn't believe his peeled eyes when he discovered he had grown a massive potato weighing 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds), he said today, adding that he now hopes to enter the Guinness World Records book.
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