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Why Are Chips Bad for You?

Published Nov,30 2018 | By Siddhi Camila Lama

Potato chips were invented in 1853 by exasperated chef George Crum, according to the BBC. When a customer complained that Crum's french fries were too thick, he took his revenge by cutting the potatoes so thin that they could no longer be cut with a fork after frying.