• Pumpkins are fruits.
• Pumpkins are 90% water.
• Pumpkins are in the same family as squash (the difference? - primarily their color).
• The two inter-pollinate and are botanically pretty much identical.
• The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,337 lbs.
• The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over 5' in diameter, weighed over 350 lbs., used 80 lbs. of cooked pumpkin and took 6 hours to bake.
• Pumpkins originated in North America. Native Americans used pumpkins as a staple in their diet long before the pilgrims came to America.
• In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crusts of pies, not the filling.
• Native Americans and colonists sliced off the pumpkins' tops, removed the seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey and baked them in hot  ash--the origins of pumpkin pie.

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This one weighed 1262 pounds!!