Yes, although it is hard to believe, not everyone puts Pumpkins on a Pedestal. Naming Your Baby Selecting the right name for your baby is essential for it's growth and development. Here is a truly great story, fit for people of all ages, about how pumpkins came into being. In late October each year Engineering students at West Virginia University drop packaged pumpkins off the top of the eleven floor Engineering science building. The goal is to package it so it does not break from the fall.
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Each year the students drop one large and one small pumpkin in a re-enactment of Galileos's law. This fun site is a must visit. You will find this in the Guiness World Book of Records. Yes, a pumpkin has been converted into a boat and driven across a small lake. Surf to this site to see the details complete with pictures.