21 Weird Ways the World Changes in Autumn

21 Weird Ways the World Changes in Autumn

More pumpkins, please!

Pumpkins, perhaps the most iconic image of autumn, are grown on six of the seven continents (sorry, Antarctica). Their name comes from the Greek word pepon, roughly meaning "large melon." The word traded hands from French (pompon) to British (pumpion) before colonial Americans dubbed it  pumpkin. The colonials went one step further: the phrase "pumpkin-head," referring to a dork with short hair cut all around, is recorded in America as early as 1781. From pumpkin picking to making leaf art, here are 28 fun activities you need to do before autumn ends.

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