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Guy raises $70k to make potato salad
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One hungry man on a mission has now become an internet-wide obsession.
This week, Ohio man Zach Brown turned to crowdfunding to help fund a modest goal. He set up a Kickstarter page to help him make potato salad.
Not, let's be clear, an artisanal potato salad company. Not a new line of potato-salad flavourings influenced by his global travels, or a documentary about the history of potato salad. He just wanted to make a tasty side, but lacked the cash for basic ingredients.
He set a goal of $10 (£5.84). That's low considering that the majority of successful Kickstarter projects raise between $1,000 and $9,999, but steep for homemade potato salad. But the humble and slightly ridiculous request - Brown promised to say the name of each backer aloud as he made the salad - took off. Five days into his challenge, Brown has raised almost $60,000 (£35,000), with most donors giving $4 or less.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-28216299
People actually donated money on this.
The Kickstarter is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...9/potato-salad
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