it's not that insane --- if you know who is behind "Big Spud":
Bill Gates is the largest private farmland owner in the US. According to NBC, land that he owns in Washington state is used to grow potatoes that make McDonald's fries. These potato fields are reportedly so vast that you can see them from space.
Damn you Bill Gates!!!!!!
you can see them from space
With the proper magnification, damned near everything on Earth is visible from space. This is now a very poor means of comparing sizes, kind of like using football fields as a unit of measure. You can see football fields from space, btw.
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