Plant Trivia : LEDs can light up a room for over a month by a battery powered by potatoes.

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LEDs can light up a room for over a month by a battery powered by potatoes.



Potatoes are the fifth most important crop in the world. 

They could be a natural power source that isn’t costly, doesn’t require much special equipment.

Scientists found that boiling a potato for just eight minutes then cutting it up into chunks made the potato an effective “salt bridge,” a space through which electron currents can move.