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Yam Looks Like a Foot

SWEET POTATO!

Chinese shopper stumbles upon it.

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It’s no April Fools—they don’t celebrate that holiday in China, anyway. But a grocery shopper in Fujian province has stumbled upon a remarkable piece of produce: a piece of yam that looks like a human foot! The potato appendage is not easy on the eyes (it has six toes), but the food is often used as a medicinal ingredient in Chinese medicine, so the lucky shopper may do well to keep his hands on this special foot.

Read it at Daily Mail