- The scientific name for watermelon is ‘Citrullus Lanatus’.
- Watermelon is one of the few foods to be classified as both a vegetable and fruit.
- Watermelon came from the Kalahari Desert in Africa.
- The largest watermelon, grown by Chris Kent in 2013, weighed 350.5 pounds.
- The seedless watermelon was first “invented” over 50 years ago and they aren’t completely seedless. They have thin, tiny, edible seed coats that never developed into seeds.
