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4. Original Jack o’ Lanterns were actually carved from Turnips, not pumpkins.
5. There have only been 2 founded accounts of children dying from Halloween candy poisoning, despite a widespread notion that it can be very dangerous if found opened in your candy stash.
6. One origin of Trick or Treating comes from the Christian practice of “souling,” in which the poor would visit the homes of the wealthy to obtain food in exchange for their prayers for dead relatives.
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