Potato chips were invented when a restaurant chef George Crum, pissed off at a whiny customer, intentionally ruined that customer’s potato dish and served it to him in person.

The son of an African-American father and a Native American mother, Crum was working as the chef in the summer of 1853 when he incidentally invented the chip. It all began when a patron who ordered a plate of French-fried potatoes sent them back to Crum’s kitchen because he felt they were too thick, soft ...