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This is just so bizarre, it either has to be a fabrication or…true. Either way, it makes for great reading and imagination fuel :

…the seeds from which these monster vegetables were grown spent two weeks orbiting the earth.

On their return they were cultivated in giant Chinese hothouses….

Scientist hope the pumpkins, as well as two-foot long (06.m) cucumbers, 14lb (6.3kg) aubergines, and chilli plants which resemble small trees, could provide an answer to the world’s food crisis.

It is thought the near zero gravity conditions in space result in super-sized fruit and vegetables with a higher vitamin content.

Crucially, the plants are said to produce harvests which are ten to 20 per cent higher than normal - offering a rich source of food for the country’s 1.3 billion people.

Researchers fired off a batch of 2,000 seeds into space in 2006 on the Shijian 8 satellite.

After germination the best specimens were selected for further breeding.

And now for the much awaited explanation for why sending seeds into space for a few weeks can result in monster fruit and veg :

…it is thought cosmic radiation, micro-gravity and magnetic fields may play a part.

Oh. Okay.

So what happens when a child is ‘germinated’ in orbit?

Giant Space Children to unleash havoc on Earth?

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