Japanese farmers in Kagawa on the island of Shikoku grow watermelons with a shape not very common for these plants, on many others for that matter. 

The watermelons are SQUARE! As strange as it may sound, it is true! Why are they cubic? Well that is where the actual trick lies. 

After the watermelon is big enough; they place it inside a square metal frame with glass walls and just wait till it takes the shape of the box! 

This is a common practice and very… 

lucrative since these cubic watermelons go for as much as 3 times the price of the regular oval shaped ones! 

(Fun Fact): Watermelon is a fruit and a vegetable. It is a fruit because it grows from a seed, it has a sweet flavor and refreshing qualities. 

It is a vegetable because it is harvested and cleared from the field like other vegetables and because it is a member of the same family as the cucumbers, pumpkin and squash.

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