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Watermelon is thought to have originated in southern Africa, where it is found growing wild, because it reaches maximum genetic diversity there, resulting in sweet, bland and bitter forms.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Africa
Adam said:
China. No...Africa.
mj wrote:
Guessing
Africa.
Q: What do you get when one consumes too much watermelon followed by a ride on the Tilt-a-Whirl?
A: It's pink, but not very pretty.
It's also why I can't eat watermelon to this day. (Nearly 50 years later.)
Charlie replied:
Africa
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Watermelon originated in Southern Africa
Marian answered:
Africa
Sally said:
I am thinking that watermelons were native to tropical Africa, although their seeds have been found in the royal tombs in Egypt. Haven't time to check this out.
Whoa, who knew??
PS: I have survived the week, and the kids. In fairness, they are great kids, and I enjoyed caring for them. :)
Dale of Diamond Springs, CA replied:
Somewhere on the continent of Africa.
Historians say watermelons first grew in the middle of the Kalahari Desert. They were a source of water for thirsty traders, who began to sell the seeds in cities along the ancient Mediterranean trade routes. Other historians say Egypt or Southern Africa.
Largest Watermelon - 268 lbs.
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[10:00AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Series 1-Ep. 1 Bonapartes
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[12:00PM] The X-Files-Ep 23 Soft Light
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[3:00PM] Primeval-Episode 4
[4:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation-Ep 3 Brothers
[5:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation-Ep 4 Suddenly Human
[6:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation-Ep 5 Legacy
[7:00PM] Battlestar Galactica-Ep 12 - Rapture NEW
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[10:00PM] The Graham Norton Show-Ep 7 - Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Jimmy Carr, Coldplay NEW
[11:00PM] Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 3 - Alan Cumming, Faith Salie, Scott Adsit, Dave Hill NEW
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Actor Sean Penn addresses the audience at the 2011 UNICEF Ball in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. The black-tie gala honored Irena, Nick and Mike Medavoy, and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan for their efforts in improving children's lives worldwide.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
Atheist bloggers have shown their charitable side by swarming to donate money to Doctors Without Borders, in what turned into the humanitarian agency's biggest online fundraiser.
Doctors without Borders (DWB), also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, gets about 4,000 hits on its U.S. website on an average Sunday. Last Sunday that number ballooned to 50,000 as a horde of redditors, subscribers to the social media site reddit.com, thundered across the DWB homepage.
Thousands more clicked through from the atheism sub-reddit, a site normally given over to finding holes in religions and picking fights with creationists, and headed for a dedicated site at firstgiving.com, where they have so far given $180,000.
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Actress Mayim Bialik attends "A Night of Firsts" Golden Globe award season kick off party held in West Hollywood, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011.
Photo by Phil McCarten
Occupy Wall Street protesters late Thursday took over the empty set of television crime drama "Law & Order: SVU," which built a mock tent city for an episode based on the movement, but they were soon removed by police.
The set was designed to look like Manhattan's original Zuccotti Park encampment complete with tents and signs, and plans called for the TV show to shoot there on Friday morning, according to protesters who spoke with crew members.
It was empty when protesters arrived at midnight, but they were ejected around 1 a.m. when police moved in, protesters said. Cheers rose up when cops with bullhorns announced that the film permit for the shoot had been revoked.
"It was both kind of cathartic and nostalgic, and kind of mind-bending as well," said organizer Jake Begroot, 26, of Queens. "It was a real occupation of a fake, set up occupation. It was a mock-upation."
Another protester said that Occupy Wall Street protesters simply couldn't resist the irony of occupying a TV set built to represent their encampment, from which they were evicted last month. The set was built several blocks from Zuccotti Park, in front the Manhattan State Supreme Court building.
An Orthodox Jewish rabbi who was barred from serving as an Army chaplain because he refused to shave the beard required by his faith has won his legal fight against the military and will be sworn in Friday.
Rabbi Menachem Stern of Brooklyn will be officially admitted to the chaplaincy in a ceremony at The Shul Jewish Community Center in Surfside, Florida. Stern is a member of the Chabad Lubavitch movement of Judaism, whose rabbis are prohibited from shaving their beards.
The rabbi saw an advertisement in late 2008 for military chaplains and attended a recruiter's presentation. After consulting with his wife, he decided to apply in January 2009, making clear in his application he intended to keep his beard.
According to the lawsuit he would later file, Stern was alerted by both email and letter that he had been accepted. When he first got word, he said he jumped in the air, thrilled at the news.
A day after the latter mailing, though, the Army rescinded its offer, citing its prohibition on beards.
"The Nate Berkus Show," starring Oprah Winfrey's favorite interior designer, will fold at the end of its current, second season, TheWrap has confirmed.
The decorating-centered show will still air the remainder of its season. The series premiered last year, but never caught ratings fire.
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He was convicted of taking $5,000 each from people for whom he promised to build affordable homes made from cargo containers. The units were never built, and prosecutors said he blatantly lied to clients.
Lucious Foster told City News Service that he remains estranged from his daughter, a two-time Oscar winner. He is due back in court Feb. 23 for a restitution hearing.
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According to the DA's office, Gable pointed a 52-milliwatt laser light at the helicopter as it flew 800 feet above Hollywood Blvd., obstructing the vision of the officers inside the helicopter.
In exchange for Gable's guilty plea, prosecutors will ask that two other felony counts of discharge of a laser, as well as a one count of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, be dismissed.
Dancers perform during the Immaculate Virgin day in downtown Lima December 8, 2011. More than 5,000 children receive their first holy communion during Inmaculada Concepcion Day (The Immaculate Virgin), according to the Archdiocese of Lima.
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Playboy magazine is advancing the newsstand date for its upcoming issue with nude pictures of actress Lindsay Lohan in part due to photos that were leaked online in advance, Hugh Hefner said on Friday.
The Playboy founder tweeted that the issue will now go on sale late next week, which roughly coincides with the December 15 airdate for Lohan's planned interview on Ellen DeGeneres' TV talk show.
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This week, a picture snapped of the cover featuring Lohan was leaked online, and on Friday, nude pictures of the actress also landed on the Web. Those pictures are very similar to Marilyn Monroe's iconic centerfold photograph used in 1953's first Playboy issue.
"Avatar" director James Cameron has been hit with a lawsuit by a writer who claims that the plot for the hit sci-fi movie was lifted from his own project.
In the suit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday, Eric Ryder claims that he entered into an agreement with Cameron's production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, to develop a movie based on his story "KRZ 2068."
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Indian dancers perform during the 2011 Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) gala night in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi December 9, 2011.
Photo by Parivartan Sharma
The Writers Guild of America, West has not fully recovered its finances after a strike by Hollywood writers four years ago crippled the industry.
The Los Angeles Daily Journal reported Friday that the guild, which represents some 20,200 film and television writers, is still owed $785,000 by members who received loans to tide them over during the strike, which lasted from November 2007 to February 2008.
The guild loaned a total of $3.2 million to 239 members out of its $9.2 million strike fund.
The loans initially were given interest-free and were to be repaid within two years. The guild's board has extended the loans indefinitely, although it is now charging 3.25 percent interest.
In a reversal of fortunes, a once-unwanted cat has come to the rescue of an animal shelter in need of a new home.
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Normal cats have 18 toes, but Daniel has two extra on each foot due to a genetic mutation called polydactylism.
Officials at the center found out their rent at a Milwaukee-area mall was being doubled on Jan. 1. So, the shelter is buying a new building and is seeking small donations of $26 - or $1 per toe.
They've collected enough so far to secure the financing with about $80,000 raised since Oct. 24, but they hope to raise $120,000 by Dec. 23 so they can become even more financially stable. About $50,000 of the money raised has come from $26 donations.
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