Words by: Gabby Uy, Year 9
1. The first Jack O’Lanterns were actually made out of turnips!
2. The world’s largest pumpkin weighs 2069 lbs
3. Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas! That’s a lot of money.
4. Kids are more than twice as likely to be killed in a car/ pedestrian accident on Halloween. Look before crossing the street, you guys!
5. If Brach’s lined up the candy corn kernels it sells every year from end to end, the line of candy corn would circle the Earth 4.25 times!
6. In the 1800s, the “trick” in Trick or Treat was the more popular choice...
7. There’s a $1000 fine for using silly string in Hollywood on Halloween
8. Dan Rather, Willow Smith and Vanilla Ice were all born on the 31st of October
9. Having a unibrow was thought to be a sign of being a werewolf
10. In its first whole year at Salem, the Ouija Board outsold Monopoly
11. Halloween was once called Snap-Apple Night
12. Today, there are still societies and clubs made by people who claim to be real vampires
Unfortunately, vanilla, raspberry and strawberry flavourings in candy are sometimes made of an extract called castoreum- made from beaver butt excretions. It’s normally just listed down as “natural flavouring”, so you don’t know what you’re really eating...
As seen in Winston's newest issue: Hallowinston
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