10/97Maximum distance, in feet, that a pumpkin has ever been mechanically hurled without the use of explosives: 2,710

Roadhouse Steak Joint (Rehoboth Beach, Del.)

11/04Distance in feet traveled by the winning pumpkin at Delaware’s Punkin Chunkin Competition last year: 4,434.28

Bruce Bradford (Howell, Mich.)

    Length in feet of the barrel of “The Second Amendment” pumpkin cannon from which it was shot: 150

Bruce Bradford (Howell, Mich.)

8/94Weight, in pounds, of the biggest kohlrabi ever grown: 62

Bernard Lavery (Spalding, England)

10/08Percentage change since 2005, due to helium costs, in the price to rent a floating twenty-foot Halloween “scary pumpkin”: +54

Big Events, Inc. (Oceanside, Calif.)

10/93Portion of the US. pumpkin crop that is canned: 1/3

International Pumpkin Association (San Francisco)