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Giant pumpkins continuously break records. More than 50 years ago, the winning pumpkin from the Half Moon Bay Championship weighed 132 pounds. Since the competition began in 1974, pumpkins have ...

The average giant pumpkin weighs around 1,000 pounds, though the world record currently stands at 2,749 pounds – slightly heavier than a Honda Fit.

Howard Dill, a Canadian pumpkin grower known as “the father of giant pumpkin growing,” patented the modern Atlantic Giant variety in 1979. He set a 1980 world record with a 459-pound pumpkin.

Aug. 27—Dale Marshall of Anchorage continued his streak of giant pumpkin-growing supremacy at the Alaska State Fair's weigh-off on Monday in Palmer, taking first place with a pumpkin that ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. There are two Michael Jordans, both widely regarded as the Greatest of All Time. One is an NBA legend. The other is a pumpkin. In 2023, the 2,749-pound ...