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5.6-pound avocado sets new world record
Read full article: 5.6-pound avocado sets new world recordThe Pokini family from Hawaii landed themselves in the Guinness Book of World Records after growing an avocado weighing 5.6 pounds, setting a record for the world's heaviest. The previous record was held by 5.5-pound avocado, according to Guinness, and was grown by Felicidad Pasalo in Hilo, Hawaii, in January 2018. Juliane Pokini told CNN the family got the seed from her brother-in-law, Dickie Marciel, who had taken it from his parents' avocado tree in Kailua, Oahu. "This avo was about the size of my 12-year-old son's head," Pokini told CNN affiliate KGMB. The Pokini family isn't stopping at their new world record.