[Eagles6]

We were always told not to swallow watermelon seeds as they'd end up in your appendix. May be some truth to that.

[CarrotAndStick]

I thought the watermelon seeds have a mild toxin, which causes some to throw up when they have consumed crushed watermelon seeds, mostly in juice.

Note though now-a-days watermelons of the seedless variety are common.

[passionfruit]

I was told not to eat watermolon seeds because watermelons would start growing out my ears. You obviously didn't hear what I was being told, because you have watermelons growing out your ears.

[conservative cat]

We were always told not to swallow watermelon seeds as they'd end up in your appendix. May be some truth to that.

My dad used to tell me that, and it scared the crap out of me. I was thinking the same thing (about some truth to it) when I read through this article. Guess I will forward it to Dad so he can see that he was possibly right!