Imagine slicing into a juicy watermelon on a hot summer day, only to find it has spontaneously exploded, releasing swarms of maggots and a foul odor so potent it could singe your nose hairs.

In a bid to cure coronavirus lockdown boredom, one man has come up with an unusual activity to pass the time - wrapping plastic bands around watermelons and waiting for them to explode - and the ...

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Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what state media called fields of ‘land mines’. About 20 ...

More than 800,000 viewers tuned into Facebook to watch a live stream of Buzzfeed staffers placing rubber bands around a watermelon until it exploded Screenshot/ BuzzFeed How many rubber bands does it ...

One plump beauty, neatly placed on an amber-hued marble countertop, was foaming at the mouth. Or the rear. It’s hard to tell which end is which with melons. Need a news break? Check out the all new ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Housewives across China are fretting that their watermelons are not safe to eat after state media reported ...

A man ended up in hospital after he caused a watermelon to explode by wrapping more than 700 elastic bands around it. He and a friend were Inspired by a viral video from April, when two people from ...

Fields of watermelons have been exploding like landmines in China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather. About 20 farmers around Danyang city in Jiangsu province ...