Pumpkin Facts

Amazing facts about everyone's favorite gourd.

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@Abdul_Masood17 🎃 Did you know the pumpkin, not the apple, was the fruit that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden?

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@SprtOfHalloween 🎃🎃 Did you know prior to the introduction of pumpkins to N America, children carved beets for Halloween?

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@Riz_Ventura 🎃 Did you know there have been more than a dozen films featuring talking pumpkins as the lead character?

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@jarrodneomyrick 🎃 Did you know the name "pumpkin" comes from the Greek word "pepon." meaning "large melon?"

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@gldroses 🎃🎃 Did you know upper-class Old Kingdom Egyptians used pumpkin seeds in ceremonial burial garb?

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@evan_whitee 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 Did you know pumpkins lose their baby teeth at just four weeks, roughly twice as early as other gourds?

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@pumpkin_Em 🎃🎃🎃🎃 Did you know there's a beach in the Bahamas called Pumpkin Beach that is completely overrun with wild pumpkin?

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@evan_whitee 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 Did you know the origin of ancient pumpkins is a great mystery of science and history?

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@HBabhare 🎃🎃🎃 Did you know pumpkins were considered an aphrodisiac in colonial America?

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@Sand628Sandy 🎃 Did you know Fiona Apple was formerly known as Fiona Pumpkin?

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@Mandrik 🎃 Did you know pumpkins are members of the Cucurbita family which includes squash and cucumbers?

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@nazlin_sheila 🎃🎃🎃🎃 Did you know the name "pumpkin" comes from the Greek word "pepon." meaning "large melon?"

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@croseburns 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 Did you know the saying was originally "You are the pumpkin of my eye." before the apple lobby got involved?

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@shiftedstation 🎃🎃🎃🎃 Did you know pumpkin flowers are edible?

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@WestSeattleO 🎃🎃🎃 Did you know Samuel L Jackson is the official spokesperson for the pumpkin lobby?

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@MarkWallace1322 🎃🎃🎃 Did you know NYC was originally called "The Big Pumpkin" prior to the influence of NY state apple growers

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@nastytempers 🎃🎃🎃🎃 Did you know the human brain is about the same weight as the average pumpkin?

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@UmpaSmurf94 🎃🎃 Did you know pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites?

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@OfficerMcruff 🎃🎃 Did you know the beloved orange color of most pumpkins is the result of centuries of cross-breeding wild red and yellow varieties?

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@hicksygy 🎃🎃 Did you know Steve Jobs wanted to name his company "Pumpkin", but only https://t.co/KoIAp4C1UH was available at the time?