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Japanese heart and star-shaped cucumbers

It’s cucumber season in Fukushima Prefecture. Food producer JA Date Mirai has decided to surprise the hungry population with cucumbers which create heart and star shapes when sliced. How did they do it? Simple. These unlucky cucumbers are grown inside specially shaped plastic molds where they form the desired shape in about a week.

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