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Square Watermelons
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Square Watermelons

They grow in boxes and can cost more than $100.
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Dragon's Beard Candy
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Dragon's Beard Candy

The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.
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Maple Leaf Tempura
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Maple Leaf Tempura

Why not fry a year-old leaf?
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Nattō
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Nattō

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
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Spruce Beer
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Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.
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Amish Funeral Pie
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Amish Funeral Pie

So sweet you forget to cry.
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Sea Grapes
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Sea Grapes

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.
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Pawpaw
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Pawpaw

The oldest fruit native to North America is probably the least known.
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Durian
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Durian

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
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Chocolate Pudding Fruit
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Chocolate Pudding Fruit

This fruit can also count as dessert.
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Buddha's Hand
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Buddha's Hand

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 
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Marang
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Marang

A Filipino fruit that smells like gasoline and tastes like pears, jackfruit, and pineapple.
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Cupuaçu
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Cupuaçu

This Brazilian fruit is cacao's lesser-known, tangy cousin.
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Jagua
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Jagua

This fruit makes tattoos, antibiotics, and dessert.
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Engkala
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Engkala

This creamy, bright pink fruit is known as the "Borneo avocado."
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Stinking Toe Fruit
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Stinking Toe Fruit

If you can get past the foot odor, its pulp is great in smoothies.
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Rollinia
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Rollinia

Brazil's spiky yellow fruit has lemon meringue–flavored insides.
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Strawberry Tree Fruit
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Strawberry Tree Fruit

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.
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Cucamelon
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Cucamelon

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.
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Medlars
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Medlars

The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.
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Olosapo
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Olosapo

In Central America, custard grows on trees.
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Monstera Deliciosa
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Monstera Deliciosa

This fruit either burns your throat or tastes like a tropical medley.
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Hala Fruit
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Hala Fruit

It looks like an exploding planet and tastes like sugarcane.
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Peanut Butter Fruit
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Peanut Butter Fruit

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.
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