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Today is Mr Potato Head Day. It was the first toy advertised on TV, on April 30, 1952 .#OTD

The original kit included nearly 30 plastic facial pieces-but no potato, which kids had to supply themselves.

This is the original ad, which helped move more than a million units in its first year.