1Halloween celebration
Anoka, Minnesota, was the first city in America to officially hold a Halloween celebration, in an effort to divert kids from pulling pranks like tipping outhouses and letting cows loose to run around on Main Street.
2Kids
50% of kids prefer to receive chocolate candy for Halloween, compared with 24% who prefer non-chocolate candy and 10% who preferred gum.
3Ian McKellen and Alan Cumming
For Halloween in 2002 while on a break from filming X-Men 2, actors Ian McKellen and Alan Cumming dressed up as Gandalf and Floop (from Spy Kids). They gave out candy to trick-or-treaters and McKellen even carved a Nightcrawler pumpkin.
4John Belushi
On Halloween in 1981, John Belushi got the hardcore punk band FEAR to play live on SNL, causing an estimated $200,000 in damages.
5Turnip
Originally Halloween lanterns were made from a turnip (Rutabaga) not pumpkin.
6Birth rates
Significantly fewer birth rates happen on Halloween as compared to a week before and after, and the opposite is true for Valentine's day.
7Forest
On Halloween in Poland, believers are encouraged to walk through forests whilst praying out loud so that the souls of the dead might find comfort.
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8Pork pastries
The Witchcraft Act 1735 banned pork pastries such as sausage rolls in Britain on Halloween. The law wasn't repealed until the 1950s.
9Harry Houdini
Magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween on October 31, 1926.
10Pet costumes
Americans spend nearly $400 million on Halloween pet costumes each year.
