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Japanese Find Out How to Make Heart-Shaped Watermelons

Jason Chen — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:40:00 +0000

Having mastered the art of making square watermelons and even pyramid watermelons, Japanese farmers turned to making heart-shaped watermelons.

These 15,750 yen ($US160) watermelons were grown by a couple and took three years to perfect down to the point where they were good enough to convince people to pay $US160 for them. There’s only 20 melons in this batch, but we’re sure Mr. and Mrs. Hiroichi Kimura will grow more next season. [Asahi via Japan Probe via Inventor Spot via Boing Boing]

Giz Service Announcement: Aim Fireworks Into the Air, Not At Your Mum

Benny Goldman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Well, we hope you’ve had a good day off, a great BBQ and plenty of watermelon. Also, we hope that you didn’t blow up your face. We’ll leave you with one last Consumer Product Safety Commission clip that proves, once and for all, that it is NOT okay to point fireworks at friends and family members. They may end up in a storm of smoke and fire. Happy 4th everybody! [CPSC]

Giz Service Announcement: Fireworks and Watermelon Don’t Mix

Benny Goldman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:02:28 +0000

Hey, we here at Gizmodo, together with Nancy Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, want to remind you to have a safe 4th of July. Don’t use illegal fireworks for anything dangerous. Like blowing up an M-1000 inside of a watermelon. In slow motion. Happy 4th weekend everybody. [CPSC]