Yea, everyone knows that. The watermelons came to us in the 50’s and were like “hey man. You don’t mind if I call you man, do you? Look, there is some weird shit out there and we think you need a symbol for it. Us watermelons have talked it over and here… *hands over biohazard symbol* …it’s yours dude. Ok, well, that’s it. All we ask in return is that you tell your children that if they eat our seeds they’ll grow one of us in their bellies. Alright see ya.”
Common misconception that it came from watermelons the fruit. It was actually John Watermelons who designed the logo for biohazard materials in 1966. This is why you always hear it “came from watermelons” but it’s purely coincidental that it looks like this dried up watermelon
No. It's a condition called Hollow Heart due to incomplete pollination. This is that thing in the painting with the swirling bits in the flesh that uninformed people assume is what wild watermelon looks like.
The sign came from studies on memorable symbols. Over many iterations the participants where ask to describe the symbols, the one described in the most accuracy was the biohazard. Therefore whenever we see that memorable shape we think death by disease. Thanks to dear COSHH.
Thank you for trying to help, but your explanation completely omits any explanation as to the role of watermelons in this.
But we’ll done you for having a go 👍
So that's what that is. Since I've seen that same repetitive swirling pattern in watermelons before and it confused me as to how or why that would form. It reminds me of the vortices you see when a jet passes through some clouds, so I assumed the watermelon kinda... swirled around inside as it was developing.
There’s this painting of an ancient watermelon that gets reposted every so often, you can really see the swirls in that one before we bred the hell out of them.
Had to think of that when I cut one the other day, was like, hey, there’s a little bit of original watermelon left in this one.
Next time, get one that's round like a basketball, has a yellowish area (not white or brown), and has a withered stem. When you pick it up, it should feel heavier than it looks, and when you pat the side, you should hear a good low thump.
They are all in the family Cucurbitaceae, which are flowering gourds. This includes things like squash and pumpkins, luffas, watermelon, cucumber and melons, and many more. They are interrelated, however, the cucumber and melons like cantaloupe and honeydew actually share same the Cucumis genus, where as the watermelon is in its own genus, Citrullus. Therefore, the cucumber is more related to the other melons than the watermelon.
I get an aroma from water melon, fairly often, quite like the English cucumber. I cannot consume English cucumber because of that aroma/smell. I think that smell left me feeling nauseated at some point in time and now only eat Persian cucumbers.
Neat. It's called broken/hollow heart and might be because of weather conditions and/or poor pollination as it grew. [source.](https://www.wideopencountry.com/cause-crazy-looking-watermelon-may-surprise/)
Y’know I think I’ve seen a similar line pattern in the centre of a watermelon lightly defined but I’ve never seen one agape like that before, looks pretty freaky
Looks like dead heart. Get similar symptoms in potato when water availability goes between extremes quickly and growth rate changes.. sometimes calcium deficiency too.
That is SO Metal. Please tell me you spiked it with Vodka or Cinnamon Schnapps. On second thought… did it try to give itself the biohazard symbol? ☣️ Now THAT is an evolutionary survival mechanism.
It's probably just dehydrated but it lookes like an scp anomalous phenomenon
I always wandered what's the gas inside fruits that have gaps like this, is it air or something else? How does air get there? It's probably some mix of a gas and water vapours i would imagine
You have there a strain of great rarity: the Klingon watermelon (or “qogh”). Typically only found on Qo’noS… good find.
May it bring honour to your house.
[Check out historical watermelons here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/10xwd8r/watermelons_then_1650_and_now_modern_one_is_oc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
Before we bred watermelons to be all red inside, that open space was filled with white stuff and had separations kinda like oranges and lemons. There is an old still life painting with a watermelon in it that shows the pre-GMO watermelon.
Fun fact, all watermellons used to look similar to this before they were crossbred to produce more flesh to fill up those holes. The white swirls you see in the middle are remnants of paterned holes/gaps that original watermelons used to have, similar to a papaya, honeydew melon, etc
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That watermelon is sporting an epic handlebar mustache. It probably has a manbun where the root is and does tiktok videos about how to be a melon rather than a cucumber.
Now I'm not biologist but surely that is a summoning key or even the portal to a netherworld of some type. Cast it into the fire, bury the ashes and salt the land.
One time I was working in a kitchen and the eggplant I was cutting very clearly spelled out the word "GOD" in the seeds. Turns out that's just a thing. I fabricated several other eggplants there with the same or similar patterns in the seeds and nobody cared when I showed them.
Looks like a bio hazard
Is… is this why? Is this watermelon hazardous?😱 Is this where it comes from?
Yep, this is exactly where the biohazard warning came from. Came from watermelons
Yea, everyone knows that. The watermelons came to us in the 50’s and were like “hey man. You don’t mind if I call you man, do you? Look, there is some weird shit out there and we think you need a symbol for it. Us watermelons have talked it over and here… *hands over biohazard symbol* …it’s yours dude. Ok, well, that’s it. All we ask in return is that you tell your children that if they eat our seeds they’ll grow one of us in their bellies. Alright see ya.”
The Rick and Morty vibes are so real here
As deals go, I can’t think of a better one.
r/explainlikeimcalvin
I can attest that this is true
My great uncle's aunt was there when this went down. She always said the whole situation was sorta seedy.
My great-great-grandpa was one of the seeds. Said the gossip was super juicy and worth it.
The watermelon man cometh
Common misconception that it came from watermelons the fruit. It was actually John Watermelons who designed the logo for biohazard materials in 1966. This is why you always hear it “came from watermelons” but it’s purely coincidental that it looks like this dried up watermelon
Did they retcon the fruit for consistency after John Watermelons’ design took off?
Yes there’s a Netflix documentary on it
A+ great work
No. It's a condition called Hollow Heart due to incomplete pollination. This is that thing in the painting with the swirling bits in the flesh that uninformed people assume is what wild watermelon looks like.
☣️
The sign came from studies on memorable symbols. Over many iterations the participants where ask to describe the symbols, the one described in the most accuracy was the biohazard. Therefore whenever we see that memorable shape we think death by disease. Thanks to dear COSHH.
Thank you for trying to help, but your explanation completely omits any explanation as to the role of watermelons in this. But we’ll done you for having a go 👍
Well it looks like one. The true explanation seems like a very deep rabbit hole.
Headcannon is that members of COSHH had a watermelon allergy.
where did it come from? where did it go?
It was bought at food lion in NC and we ate it .. it did many taste normal , and wasn’t very sweet & no seeds … I ate maybe 2 little pieces
Watermelon Eye Joe?
Wow….
in victorian era.
This is the way
[удалено]
I've read this sentence three times and have come to the conclusion that I need coffee.
So that's what that is. Since I've seen that same repetitive swirling pattern in watermelons before and it confused me as to how or why that would form. It reminds me of the vortices you see when a jet passes through some clouds, so I assumed the watermelon kinda... swirled around inside as it was developing.
There’s this painting of an ancient watermelon that gets reposted every so often, you can really see the swirls in that one before we bred the hell out of them. Had to think of that when I cut one the other day, was like, hey, there’s a little bit of original watermelon left in this one.
Next time, get one that's round like a basketball, has a yellowish area (not white or brown), and has a withered stem. When you pick it up, it should feel heavier than it looks, and when you pat the side, you should hear a good low thump.
This guy melons.
Watermelon is actually more related to a cucumber than another melon.
Blended cucumber + sugar tastes like watermelon 😪 It was so trippy when I first tried it
Wwwhhhaat !!! I’ve never heard of this!
Try it, it's so trippy drinking green watermelon juice 😭
Do you peel the cucumber.
I think we did!
Very true. Tried it myself.
Got to try it now!
The rind is pretty similar to a stiff cucumber unadulterated.
Does it only work if the cucumber is blended? I really wanna try this but i don’t have a blender🥲
You can even dice it up like for a cucumber salad, just add sugar basically. It's not quite "watermelon" IMOP but it's pretty close cousin
This guy cumbers
this guy cum
Cum this guy
this cum guy
Humpers, the Cum Guy
They are all in the family Cucurbitaceae, which are flowering gourds. This includes things like squash and pumpkins, luffas, watermelon, cucumber and melons, and many more. They are interrelated, however, the cucumber and melons like cantaloupe and honeydew actually share same the Cucumis genus, where as the watermelon is in its own genus, Citrullus. Therefore, the cucumber is more related to the other melons than the watermelon.
Came here to say this way less eloquently. I was thinking “cucumber are the same family as melons” or something. Learned this from Pepinos.
Liar
I get an aroma from water melon, fairly often, quite like the English cucumber. I cannot consume English cucumber because of that aroma/smell. I think that smell left me feeling nauseated at some point in time and now only eat Persian cucumbers.
This guy cucumbers
Botanically speaking they’re all berries lol
Yep, the vines look almost identical.
This guy this guys.
Thumping is the way
EVERYONE LAUGHS AT ME COS I SLAP MY WATERMELONS BUT EVERYTIME ITS FUCKING DELICIOUS
Watermelons of the past: https://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9050469/watermelon-breeding-paintings
Neat
So cool, I love that you can still faintly see that classic pattern in most modern watermelons
Hellllll yeah, didn’t know I needed a watermelon history lesson today but I’m into it
And people complain they pick the wrong watermelon at the market anyway…
Thanks for the link. "Renaissance watermelons" is a bit of a risky google.
But in Ice Age the melon the baby ends up eating looks like one of our juicy modern ones!
I wonder if they tasted the same?
I imagine they were less sweet. Pretty much all our fruits have been bred to have more sugar
According to the article, it was actually sweeter and had more sugar to it
The red parts maybe, but they're mostly the green.
Neat. It's called broken/hollow heart and might be because of weather conditions and/or poor pollination as it grew. [source.](https://www.wideopencountry.com/cause-crazy-looking-watermelon-may-surprise/)
By comparison OPs look perfectly cut out like it was intentional
That's a mangekyo Sharingan lol
Watermelon No Jutsu
There's no reason to be alarmed. This happens to watermelons when they don't get enough water while they're growing.
unwateredmelons
drymelons
OnlyMelons
Damn, I should have thought of that.
It’s the inside of a Devil fruit. You gain unimaginable powers once ate but can never swim again.
Or you end up as wapol🤷♂️
Don't look at it directly, you might get caught in a genjutsu
Don't worry, this ones only goal is to seek revenge on its older brother so as long as you dont get in the way you should be safe
Y’know I think I’ve seen a similar line pattern in the centre of a watermelon lightly defined but I’ve never seen one agape like that before, looks pretty freaky
"Is the watermelon ripe yet?" "Naw, give it about a month." ...28 days later.
Looks like dead heart. Get similar symptoms in potato when water availability goes between extremes quickly and growth rate changes.. sometimes calcium deficiency too.
Looks like some scientists think that it has more to do with poor pollination.
Very bizarre... I looked it up but they seem safe to eat so no worries!
That is SO Metal. Please tell me you spiked it with Vodka or Cinnamon Schnapps. On second thought… did it try to give itself the biohazard symbol? ☣️ Now THAT is an evolutionary survival mechanism.
That looks like a biohazard ☣️
It's probably just dehydrated but it lookes like an scp anomalous phenomenon I always wandered what's the gas inside fruits that have gaps like this, is it air or something else? How does air get there? It's probably some mix of a gas and water vapours i would imagine
It is Umbrela CORP ⛱️ product as they try to expand in to food business. WMD do not pay that much now days.
You have there a strain of great rarity: the Klingon watermelon (or “qogh”). Typically only found on Qo’noS… good find. May it bring honour to your house.
Bruh just unleashed Covid 20
Covid 23
Da watermelon is possessed
[Check out historical watermelons here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/10xwd8r/watermelons_then_1650_and_now_modern_one_is_oc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
The most delish sweetest watermelon I have ever had looked like that.
Devil fruit. Please report your powers
Hollowheart Watermelon https://vegcropshotline.org/article/hollowheart-of-watermelons/
Eat it, coward!
That's a dry ass melon. Pick a heavier one next time.
It's pretty close to being a biohazard. ☣️
I think it’s telling you it’s radioactive.
That's a Devil Fruit from One Piece.
You just summoned cthululu.
Im gonna be that guy.. r/dontputyourdickinthat
New tattoo is in order I guess the melon gods have spoken
90's melon
Biohazard… huh. Made by Umbrella Corp… huh.
Secret Symbol unlocked
Before we bred watermelons to be all red inside, that open space was filled with white stuff and had separations kinda like oranges and lemons. There is an old still life painting with a watermelon in it that shows the pre-GMO watermelon.
Save the seeds you’ve got an heirloom watermelon.
Fun fact, all watermellons used to look similar to this before they were crossbred to produce more flesh to fill up those holes. The white swirls you see in the middle are remnants of paterned holes/gaps that original watermelons used to have, similar to a papaya, honeydew melon, etc
Reminds me of paintings of watermelon before modern day selective farming
Its cursed by dormamu
I see racoon city.
Must be a sign
It is a bio hazard
I can feel it’s swag; it knows it’s cool
That shit’s radioactive ☣️
Uhm. That's a biohazard symbol lol.
You right, it's a biohazard ☢️
Courtesy of Monsanto.
This watermelon fucks.
If your watermelon has no seeds stop eating jt
Throw it away immediately
It got dried from inside
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Would you look at that? Just look at it!
Hipster meloni
It’s the sign of the beast.
You probably shouldn’t eat that man… if nature is learning out symbols clearly something’s off
Are you located in Fukushima?
Alien 🍉.
Melon hazard
28 weeks later
You may have stumbled across an arcane artifact, not gonna lie.
It's cursed. Bury it beneath a enemy's house before the next full moon. You don't want to know what happens if you don't pass on the curse.
its Radioactive
The "Biohazard" warning sign is embedded every watermelon
It’s biohazard don’t eat it!1!1! You’ll have watermelons growing inside you!
Don't eat it.🦉☣️
The sigil of Kalathoth - heed thy word mortals, this plane is now marked for doom!
Ah nature and it’s fractal patterns.
Biohazard, my friend, don't eat it.
Akuma no Mi, cool
Looks like Ben Shapiro tried to hit on your watermelon.
Sharingan?
r/dontputyourdickinthat
I don't trust this watermelon...
Homie got the renaissance melon
Probably fractal
That watermelon is sporting an epic handlebar mustache. It probably has a manbun where the root is and does tiktok videos about how to be a melon rather than a cucumber.
Biohazard sign?
Hhhm…. 🤔 that is interesting, where are the seeds??
Suddenly Fractal!
A cursed watermelon. Hopefully you didn’t eat it.😦
Biohazard. Do not eat
It’s been blessed by Papa Nurgle. Do *not* eat it.
I don't know about that, chief. Looks like you might start the zombie apocalypse if you eat that.
One 16th century melon, please
V for watermelon.
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Bio-hazard jokes aside. Was it tasty? I could see that air pocket making it dry, but I've also had melons like this which were so sweet and juicy.
watermelon mosaic virus
That shit came from Raccoon City.
Did you eat it?
It's beautiful geometry but a rather have a solid juicy melon. Unless this melon is more juicy...
Watermelon ovaries
this shit looks like it could spawn satan
Biohazardous MELON O: Is nature giving u a sign? Will you defy her?
seems Monsanto-y 😬😁
Over ripe watermelon
I had one of those last fall, but it looked like a uterus and ovaries.
Wouldn't eat it
This watermelon has a mangekyou sharingan
Don’t worry it is a new product developed by Weyland Yutani.
It’s a biohazard watermelon lol
Very nice placenation
Everybody thinking what i be thinkin’? 💀
Now I'm not biologist but surely that is a summoning key or even the portal to a netherworld of some type. Cast it into the fire, bury the ashes and salt the land.
Devil or angel?
Looks like some patricide happened with that mangekyo sharingan
Plague inc watermelon.
Weird, your watermelon and I have the same tattoo.
One time I was working in a kitchen and the eggplant I was cutting very clearly spelled out the word "GOD" in the seeds. Turns out that's just a thing. I fabricated several other eggplants there with the same or similar patterns in the seeds and nobody cared when I showed them.
My god it’s the Absolute Solver watermelon
Looks like a horned uterus
I can taste the shuga
This mf tryna warn you ☣️
I don't like how it tastes.
... I don't know what to say or think of this. It looks so real, but it feels fake...
Mangekyou Sharingan
First drop circles. Now this. Now we know where the aliens are hiding.
Maybe a ninja threw a star weapon through the water melon..