Curious Pumpkin Facts

1. A pumpkin is actually a fruit and is in the squash family.

2. Pumpkin halves were used as guides for hair cuts during colonial times. Thus the term "pumpkinhead".

3. The only place pumpkins can't be grown is Antartica.

4. In Boulder, Colorado, people put carved pumpkins on their heads and run naked through the streets for the annual Naked Pumpkin Run.

5.Pumpkin flowers are edible.

6. The tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack-o-lanterns was brought to America by Irish immigrants. In Ireland, the Irish used turnips but found pumpkins more plentiful in America.

7. The pumpkin capital of the world is Morton, Illinois, home of Libby Corporation.

8. Classic tales that feature pumpkins include: It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Cinderella; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater.

9. The biggest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1700 lbs.

10. Pumpkins can be brewed into beer which tastes good with chili.

11. Not all pumpkins are orange. They come in many colors including green, blue, yellow, reddish, white, striped and psychedelic.

12. The pumpkin skin or rind is not edible.

13. Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites. Snakes are afraid of pumpkins.

14. Pumpkins are 90% water.

15. Pumpkins do not make good doorstops.

16. Pumpkins can be put in the compost heap and reused as fertilizer.

17. Contrary to popular belief, pumpkins cannot swim, but they can float.

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