A round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator and the usually round fruit often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves.
Smart Japanese Farmers have forced their watermelons to grow into a square shape by inserting the melons into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine.
Now that’s what I call “thinking outside the box”
For more info, check-out: Square fruit stuns Japanese shoppers or Japan corners the market on square fruit.
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That is really bizarre, but such a good idea. What else can that theory apply to I wonder.. ?