Good Day World!
Welcome to Mr. Dave’s neighborhood!
Today, I’m going to share some interesting things about sweet potatoes.
Hold on! At first blush this may sound like a boring subject, but stick with me here.
* Did you know that North Carolina produces more sweet potatoes than any other state?
* Did you know that hardened sweet potatoes makes a material as strong as concrete?
Still not impressed?
Okay. I bet you didn’t know that sweet potatoes can burn for weeks on end like coal.
Who knows what possibilities lie there? Just one problem; putting out the smoldering sweet potatoes is not an exact science.
You know, how I know that?
A silo full of dehydrated sweet potatoes has been smoldering in a town an hour east of Raleigh since Thanksgiving. True story.
Firefighters and other town personnel have been at the scene around the clock since a suspected spark started the blaze. At least 25 million gallons of water has been sprayed, but it's not clear when it might be extinguished.
No one is sure when the sweet potatoes will stop burning. Kinda reminds me of Chernobyl, but not as toxic.
Class dismissed.
Time for me to walk on down the road…
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