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Pumpkin flowers are edible.
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Pumpkins are 90% water.
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Pumpkins were once used for removing freckles and curing
snakebites.
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The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds.
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Antarctica is the only continent where a pumpkin cannot
grow.
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The Irish brought the tradition of pumpkin carving to
America.
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Eighty percent of the pumpkin supply in the US is available
in October.
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Native Americans flattened strips of pumpkins, dried them
and made mats.
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Pumpkins are of the Cucurbita family, which includes squash
& cucumbers.
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Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for food and medicine.
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Pumpkins contain potassium.
