When it’s time for the hairyflower wild petunia to pass its genes to the next generation, it does it with a bang. To reproduce, the plants flings tiny seeds from a small torpedo-shape fruit more than ...
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Watermelons can offer a nice explosion of flavor in your mouth, but they shouldn’t be spontaneously combusting. Oddly enough, that’s exactly what some fans of the popular fruit are worried about ...
HARKER HEIGHTS — As the watermelons exploded, dozens of children watched on in excitement, some covering their ears. The event, held Wednesday at the Stewart C. Meyer Harker Heights Public Library, ...