"For a long time, Koreans thought Dr. Wu Jang Choon invented seedless
watermelon, when in fact, he was the first Korean to demonstrated it in
Korea.
He never claimed to be the inventor. He was merely demonstrating the power
of the genetics. However, this revered Korean scientist was falsely
credited (by and amongst Koreans) for decades after his death in 1959.
It is indeed a Japanese scientist who invented it."
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