23 Interesting Halloween Facts You Probably Don't Know!
Peter Pizagalli
Published
10/06/2014
Fun facts to increase your trivia knowledge!
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According to legend, if you see a spider on Halloween, its actually the spirit of a loved one watching over you -
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Americans purchase over 20 million pounds of Candy Corn each year -
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The first jack-o-lanterns were actually made from turnips -
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Barmbrack used to be a traditional food eaten on Halloween -
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Contrary to popular belief, no one has put razor blades or poison in goodies for random trick-or-treaters -
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In the UK white cats are considered unlucky,black cats in the US -
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Halloween can give you diarrhea. Seriously, consuming too much candy with fructose and sorbitol can give you the runs -
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Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas -
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In Alabama its illegal to dress-up as a priest. -
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In Hollywood theres a 1,000 fine for using Silly String on Halloween -
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Ireland is believed to be the birthplace of Halloween -
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Its estimated that total Halloween spending could reach 8 billion -
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Its is actually very rare for a full moon to occur on Halloween. Although, its predicted to occur on 10-31-2020 -
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Magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween -
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Many shelters dont allow black cats to be adopted around Halloween for fear that they may be tortured or sacrificed -
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More candy is sold on October 28th than any other day of the year -
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The number one candy of choice is Snickers -
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Followed by Reeses, Kit-Kats and MMs -
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October 30th is National Candy Corn Day -
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The worlds largest pumpkin weighed in at 1,872 pounds -
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Thousands of people suffer from Samhainophobia which is an irrational fear of Halloween -
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red and gray -
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Willow Smith, Dan Rather, and Vanilla Ice were all born on October 31st
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