Wishing you all a Happy and Safe Halloween! We've scoured around to find these interesting Halloween tidbits of fun facts - enjoy!

 

Halloween is one of the oldest celebrations in the world, dating back over 2000 years to the time of the Celts who lived in Britain.

 

If you see a spider on this night, it could be the spirit of a dead loved one who is watching you.

 

Is Pumpkin a vegetable or a fruit? If you said "fruit" you would be correct. In fact, it's a berry, residing in the Cucurbitaceae family which has cucumbers, melons, squash and gourds in it.

While Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America there seems to be a great debate on which is the best candy for Halloween. Some think Candy Corn is the best, others choose Snickers and if you go by this recent survey Reese's Peanut Butter Cups rule.

The mask used by Michael Meyers in the movie "Halloween" was actually William Shatner's character Captain Kirk on  Star Trek, it was the death mask painted white. Watch Mr. Shatner explain...

Do you remember the year "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" first aired? If you said 1966 you would be correct and give yourself double points if you said it aired on CBS.

Pumpkins have been grown in America for over 5,000 years. They are indigenous to the western hemisphere and were completely unknown in Europe before the time of Columbus.

What do Dan Rather, Vanilla Ice and Peter Jackson have in common? They share Halloween Oct 31 as their birthday.

Is there such a thing as an intense fear of Halloween? If you said yes you are right and maybe you have "Samhainophobia"

When Mary Shelley's book "Frankenstein" was published in 1818 - was Mary's name on it? That would be a no. "Frankenstein" was published anonymously until the second edition was published in France in 1823 with her name added.

 

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