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New Zealand couple’s giant spud is actually not a potato, Guinness World Record finds

A New Zealand couple who believed they had dug up the world’s largest potato in the garden of their small farm near Hamilton have had their dreams turned to mash after Guinness World Records wrote to say that scientific testing had found it wasn’t, in fact, a potato after all

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2022

When is a potato not a potato? New Zealand couple’s world record dream turns to mash

‘We can’t say we don’t believe you, because we gave them the DNA stuff,’ said a disappointed Colin Craig-Brown

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2022

Nice try but no potato for New Zealand couple's giant find

A New Zealand couple who believed they had dug up the world’s largest potato in the garden of their small farm near Hamilton have had their dreams turned to mash after Guinness World Records wrote to say that scientific testing had found it wasn’t, in fact, a potato after all

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2022