Wikipedia

2553 readers

139 users here now

A place to share interesting articles from Wikipedia.

Rules:

Only links to Wikipedia permitted
Please stick to the format "Article Title (other descriptive text/editorialization)"
Tick the NSFW box for submissions with inappropriate thumbnails
On Casual Tuesdays, we allow submissions from wikis other than Wikipedia.

Recommended:

If possible, when submitting please delete the "m." from "en.m.wikipedia.org". This will ensure people clicking from desktop will get the full Wikipedia website.
Use the search box to see if someone has previously submitted an article. Some apps will also notify you if you are resubmitting an article previously shared on Lemmy.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Square watermelon (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

14 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (5 children)

In 2001, square watermelons sold for ¥10,000 in Japan (about US$83), two to three times the price of regular watermelons

Excuse me what?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Melons in Japan are way more expensive, but also like, way more flavourful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

These are literally inedible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't explain the ~30 dollar cost of a regular watermelon in 2001.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The watermelons are folded over a thousand times.

load more comments (1 replies)