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1. Pumpkin chunkin is a competitive sport in which teams build mechanical devices designed to throw a pumpkin as far as possible. *Insert 90s alt-rock joke*
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2. The world's heaviest pumpkin weighed 1,190.49 kg (2,624.6 lb) and was grown by Mathias Willemijns from Belgium.
3. Pumpkin is a fruit.
4. Pumpkins can range in color from orange to white, to even blue! The blue ones come from Australia and are also called Jaradales.
5. The largest pumpkin pie weighed 3,699 lbs and was made by New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers at New Bremen Pumpkinfest in New Bremen, Ohio. The diameter of the pie was 20 feet. The crust was made of 440 sheets of dough. The other ingredients were canned pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, salt. cinnamon and pumpkin spice.
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6. The Pumpkin Spice latte has its own verified Twitter account, @TheRealPSL.
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7. Despite its popularity, 72% of people only buy one latte per season, according to the market research firm NPD group. Talk about fake fans!
8. 99% of pumpkins bought in the UK are not eaten.
9. The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation raises money for on breast cancer research through the sale of pink pumpkins and seeds.
10. The practice of carving pumpkins for Halloween originated from an Irish myth about a man named "Stingy Jack". Ol' Jack was so terrible that neither hell nor heaven wanted him and he was doomed to roam the earth with a lighted turnip. Thanks Jack.
11. More than 90% of the USA's canning pumpkins grow in Illinois. Morton, IL is the pumpkin capital of the USA. They have an annual Pumpkin festival.
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12. Types of pumpkin include Green Goblin, Iron Man and Casper (the friendly ghost pumpkin).
13. Folktales from the Balkans warn against vampire pumpkins which are kept over 10 days. They make “brr- brr” sounds, shake themselves and traces of "blood" are found on their skin.
14. Canned pumpkin is often recommended by veterinarians as a dietary supplement for dogs and cats that have digestive ailments.
15. The Connecticut Field variety is the traditional jack-o-lantern pumpkin in America.
16. Pumpkins maybe the oldest domesticated plants on Earth. Archaeological evidence points to people cultivating it since 10,000 B.C!
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