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NYT mistakenly publishes article titled 'watermelons found on Mars'; deletes later
short by Pragya Swastik / on Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
The New York Times mistakenly published a mock article titled "Fields of Watermelons Found On Mars". It was later retracted by NYT saying, "The mock article intended for a testing system was inadvertently published." The article's screenshots went viral on Twitter, with comments like, "Rise of fruit aliens is to blame," and "If anything I thought it'd be musk melons."