An avocado weighing 2.54 kg has won a family in Hawaii a place in the Guinness World Records.
That's right! The Pokini family have taken home the record for the world's heaviest avocado.
They say they did not water or fertilize their 10-year-old avocado tree, deciding to "kind of just leave it alone".
An average avocado weighs about 170 gm, officials added.
The family has put the prized avocado to good use, with the family making "a whole bunch of guacamole" to share with relatives and friends.
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Elite 5,000 year-old woman's tomb unearthed in coastal Peru
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China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.
Unclaimed luggage firm finds 'Goonies' script, Rolex, glass eye
A script from the 1985 movie 'The Goonies', a $20,000 (AED 73,00) Rolex, a glass eye and a 1944 letter signed by Eleanor Roosevelt are some of the items found by a company specialising in unclaimed travel cases, a new report said.
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UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to the US to boost economic and technology ties including AI.
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