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Nearly 3,000-pound pumpkin becomes heaviest on record

By Asher Notheis
Published October 31, 2021 4:00am ET
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Nearly 3,000-pound pumpkin becomes heaviest on record
Pumpkins are set out for sale at Maple Acres Farm in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. | (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

An Italian farmer has carved out his place in history, staking claim to the largest pumpkin on record.

A pumpkin weighing in at approximately 2,702 pounds broke the Guinness World Record to become the heaviest on record, the reference book company announced Thursday. Stefano Cutrupi, an Italian farmer, submitted the pumpkin to the Campionato della Zuccone pumpkin festival in Peccioli, near Pisa, on Sept. 26, according to Guinness.

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