Watermelons: Nature's Gift to the World

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Turns out most people love watermelons. Why? Because they're delicious. And they also have a pretty interesting history. Check it out.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.5	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:41.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.8	I'm Josh and there's Chuck and this is Stuff You Should Know featuring Jerry and Livya.
0:50.4	Yeah, Livya, how does this one?
0:53.8	I don't know.
0:56.0	I think I just literally came out this idea because I was eating watermelon.
1:00.2	And I was like, you know what?
1:02.2	Watermelon is delicious, but I know there's a history there and I know there are square
1:06.7	watermelon and I don't know if you're like me, but like 9-11 and when Reagan was shot,
1:15.5	I remember where I was the day that I saw my first square watermelon.
1:19.1	Oh, really?
1:20.1	Huh.
1:21.1	Yeah, it was during how stuff works.
1:22.6	I think it might have even been you.
1:24.4	I showed you a square watermelon.
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