'How did I get here?' People react appropriately to watermelon explosion

You can buy the rubber bands to commemorate the momentous occasion.
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Gillian Edevane
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This is one for the history books. 

In case you missed it, about 800,000 people tuned in to Facebook Live on Friday to watch two Buzzfeed staffers explode a Watermelon using nothing but rubberbands.

Here's the moment when the distorted fruit finally caves under the pressure of about 600 or so. 


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The Twitterverse was quick to chime in on the groundbreaking moment in history, while budding entrepreneurs sought to capitalize through Watermelon merchandise. 




The explosion even spawned a slew of hard-hitting investigative pieces. 


Meanwhile, others were left scratching their head, asking existential questions such as "How did I get here?" 

What a time to be alive. 

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Gillian Edevane

Gillian is a Bay Area native whose work has appeared online at NBC, East Bay Express and the Daily Californian. When she's not writing thrilling third-person biographies, she's watching Netflix and playing with her 5-year-old puppy, Bellatrix.

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