Throwing Potatoes facts
While investigating facts about Throwing Potatoes Wrestling and Throwing Potatoes Gif, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 1924 the KKK tried to move into South Bend before the Irish Catholic students of Notre Dame drove them out by throwing potatoes
how to switch to knife after throwing grenade?
A man jokingly started a Kickstarter to fund a bowl of potato salad. When the fund grew to over $50,000 he decided to throw a potato salad block party.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 13 of the best facts about Kurds Throwing Potatoes and Minecraft Villagers Throwing Potatoes I managed to collect.
what does throwing potatoes mean?
-
Catcher Dave Bresnahan threw a potato to trick a runner home. The minor leagues kicked him out and was later quoted saying "Lou Gehrig had to play in 2,130 consecutive games and hit .340 for his number to be retired, and all I had to do was bat .140 and throw a potato."
-
A Japanese submarine was sunk in WW2 because American sailors were throwing potatoes at it
-
During WW2, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.
-
That, during WWII, a US Naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them.
-
Dave Bresnahan - a minor league catcher who once sculpted a potato into the shape of a baseball, brought it onto the field of play, and faked an opposing runner on third base into coming home (where he held the baseball) by purposefully throwing the potato into left field.
-
A catcher once performed a "hidden ball trick" by literally throwing a potato into left field
-
Zach Brown asked for $10 on Kickstarter to make a potato salad. People donated $55,000! He used the money to throw a giant potato salad party for everyone. :)
-
In 1943 the USS O'bannon defeated a Jap. submarine by throwing potatoes at the japanese who mistook them as hand grenades.
-
If supplies were running low on board long distance trains, someone would throw a potato out of the window at the next platform with a list of what they needed written on it, then at the next stop they can collect their order
What is true about throwing potatoes?
You can easily fact check it by examining the linked well-known sources.
In the United States, potatoes that were to big were unwanted, thus farmers had to throw away large portions of crops. This was until an entrepreneur slow cooked one in his oven, decided it tasted deliciousness, and went on to market his discovery as the "Great Baked Potato."
