4 Fun facts about Halloween, and one thing that should be...

American Irony ^ | 10-9-15 | The Looking Spoon

[The Looking Spoon]

A couple of these facts, and many more can be found here.

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The first Jack-o-lanterns were made from turnips.

Full moons on Halloween are very rare: 1925, 1944, 1955, 1974, 2001.

According to this we are scheduled to have them in 2020, 2039, 2058, 2077, and 2096.

Houdini died on Halloween.

The top candy of choice is...

Source: Thrillist

Barack Obama dresses up as a real president.

[Bigg Red]

Pretty sure that turnip jack-o-lantern is a rutabaga and not a turnip.

[Psalm 73]

"Pretty sure that turnip jack-o-lantern is a rutabaga and not a turnip."

Freeper waits 15 years to use "rutabaga" in a sentence....

[Bigg Red]

Freeper waits 15 years to use “rutabaga” in a sentence....

&&&
LOL!

Actually, with fall making its appearance, rutabaga definitely is on my mind. I love it.

[Bigg Red]

PS: Looked it up and found out that there are parts of England and other parts of Europe where what we call “rutabaga” is called “turnip”.

Oh, and I learned about this event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Rutabaga_Curling_Championship

Love it!