Facts About Watermelons

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1 – Watermelon is a fruit that grows on vines that are 92% water, which means they’re an excellent way to stay hydrated during hot summer days.

2 – The most popular watermelon variety grown in the United States is called “Crimson Sweet”.

3 – One cup of watermelon contains 47 calories. A healthy serving size of watermelon is 2 cups or 8 ounces (or about one-sixth of a whole melon).

4 – The word “watermelon” comes from the African language Wolof, which means “place where water abounds.”

5 – The average weight for a watermelon is 10 pounds, but some can weigh up to 100 pounds. The heaviest watermelon ever weighed in at 262 pounds (118.7 kg) in 1990, in Arrington, Tennessee.

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6 – Watermelon is a good source of vitamin A, B6, and C and has natural detoxifying properties.

7 – The word “watermelon” is also considered to come from the African word for melon, which means “fruit of the gods”.

8 – The most popular variety of seedless watermelons are called “triple-sweet” because they have three times as much sweetness than other varieties.

9 – There are more than 500 varieties of watermelons in the world.

10 – In Japan, it’s considered bad luck to eat a slice from the side with the “seam” on it.

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11 – The watermelon is a fruit that belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.

12 – It originated in Africa and was first cultivated by the ancient Egyptians as early as 2000 BC.

13 – In ancient times, people used hollowed out melons as musical instruments or containers for wine and oil.

14 – A seedless watermelon has less than 10% of its seeds left inside it after being cut open.

15 – A seedless variety of the fruit was created in 1932 by an American farmer named James Wickson who wanted to create a more marketable product for his farm stand customers during the Great Depression era, when people had less money to spend on food and produce than they did before or after that time period.

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16 – There are two types of watermelons – one with red flesh and one with yellow flesh.

17 – More than 100 million pounds of watermelons are produced each year!

18 – Watermelon contains lycopene, which is an antioxidant that helps fight cancer-causing free radicals in the body (and may help prevent prostate cancer).

19 – There are many different types of melons including honeydews, cantaloupes, casaba melons and more.

20 – In ancient China, people believed that eating watermelon could help with asthma symptoms because it was thought to have cooling properties.

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21 – Watermelons have been grown for centuries – they were first cultivated in Africa around 2000 B.C., but there’s evidence to suggest they’ve been eaten as far back as 5000 B.C., when drawings depicting people harvesting them from vines were found on cave walls in northern Algeria.

22 – Watermelon has many health benefits such as being high in lycopene (which reduces risk of heart disease) and potassium (helps regulate blood pressure), it’s low-fat, gluten-free, and can be eaten on its own or used for cooking with other ingredients like lime juice, ginger root powder and garlic clove.

23 – Yes, there is such thing as square watermelon, which grows into the shape of a cube. This type of watermelon is commonly sold in Japan.

24 – Watermelons were first domesticated in southern Africa around 3,500 BC by Egyptians who used them as part of their religious ceremonies because they believed that the fruit was sacred to Osiris and would help them live an eternal life after death.

25 – Watermelons originated in Africa but were brought to China by traders around 2000BCE before spreading throughout Asia and Europe during medieval times.

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