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Pumpkin grower Oliver Langheim nicknamed 'Kuerbis Olli' (Pumpkin Olli) poses with his 320 kilograms weighing giant pumpkin of the kind 'Atlantic Giant' on September 19, 2013 in his garden in Fuerstenwalde, eastern Germany. According to hobby gardener Langheim, his giant pumpkin gains a weight of four to five kilograms a day. AFP PHOTO / DPA / PATRICK PLEUL / GERMANY OUTPATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images

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