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This could have been right from a movie, but this really happened early this month at Saratoga Race Course. An unnamed gambler, placed a 50 cent on a Pick Five race at Saratoga. After all the horses came in first, the gamblers 50 cents won them $471,124.50!

Potato Chip day was held March 14 to celebrate the chip that got its start as the Saratoga Chip. The name comes from Saratoga, New York, where at a lodge there the first chips were made. As the story goes, Native American chef, George Crum, made the first chips after a customer sent back his potatoes complaining they were too thick. The chef being temperamental was angry at the customer and decide