Fact Bomb of the Day : Halloween

Saturday, October 31, 2026

In 1962, a Halloween novelty song called 'Monster Mash' was briefly banned by the BBC for being 'too morbid,' despite it being a silly, lighthearted dance song about a monster having a party!

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Pumpkins are technically a fruit, specifically a type of berry called a pepo, because they develop from a flower and contain seeds inside their fleshy interior.
Jack-o-lanterns originated in Ireland, where people carved scary faces into turnips or potatoes to ward off a mythical trickster named Stingy Jack. When Irish immigrants arrived in America, they discovered that pumpkins were much easier to carve and adopted them for the tradition instead.
The fear of Halloween is a real phobia known as samhainophobia, which is named after the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain that marked the beginning of the new year and the start of the darker winter months.

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