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Rhode Island farmer sets new world record for biggest pumpkin

The previous record holder weighed two thousand eight hundred fifty-six pounds; the new champion put on three hundred in a week, a short reign even by pumpkin standards.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTime to pay that off: a Rhode Island farmer has grown the heaviest pumpkin on record, at three thousand one hundred fifty-six pounds.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt beats the previous record of two thousand eight hundred fifty-six pounds, which was set only a week ago, as ABC News reports.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree hundred pounds in a week. That's a pumpkin that skipped the line.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd like it weighed on our pretend produce scale, please. Kenji, how many pumpkins is that?

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne. It's one pumpkin, Vera.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA record that stood seven days. Some governments would envy that.

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  1. Viola Davis and husband donate $1.2 million to her Rhode Island… · The Times of India
  2. Rhode Island farmer's giant pumpkin weighs in at 3,156 pounds · UPI
  3. Rhode Island farmer grows 3,156-pound pumpkin, a new record · The New York Times
  4. Rhode Island Farmer Grows Record-Breaking Pumpkin · The New York Times
  5. World's heaviest pumpkin tops 3,000 pounds, Rhode Island man sets… · USA Today
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