As we all know, today is Halloween! So, Happy Halloween! While your enjoying this Halloween evening, read up on these interesting Halloween tidbits.
- Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
- Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
- Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
- Worldwide, bats are vital natural enemies of night-flying insects.
- Around 1.1 Billion pounds of Pumpkins were produced in the United States in 2009.
- More than 93% of children, under the age of 12, will go out trick-or-treating
- 86% of Americans decorate their house for Halloween
- 90% of parents admit to sneaking goodies from their kids’ Halloween trick-or-treat bags
- Pumpkins are a fruit that originated in Central America.
- 90% of the pumpkin is made up of water.
- The yellow-orange flowers that bloom from a pumpkin vine are edible.
- Illinois grows more pumpkins than any other state in the country. It harvests nearly 12,300 acres of fruit.
- Halloween also is recognized as the 3rd biggest party day after New Year’s and Super Bowl Sunday.
