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Is it true that if you swallow a watermelon seed, it will grow?

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According to the National Watermelon Promotion Board, every part of a watermelon is usable, including the seeds, and it is perfectly safe to eat them. The pervasive childhood myth that a watermelon will grow in your stomach if you swallow a seed is biologically impossible and has no basis in scientific fact.