Halloween Fun Facts

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  • Over 50% of Americans will purchase a costume for Halloween
  • The average costume costs just under $30
  • Americans will spend over 3 billion dollars on Halloween costumes this year
  • One third of all candy sold in the United States is sold for Halloween
  • Halloween sales of candy is over 2 billion dollars annually
  • Candy manufacturers begin making Halloween candy as early as June
  • The heaviest Pumpkin on record was grown in 2004 and weighed 1446 pounds
  • One vine of a pumpkin plant produced over 2700 hundred pounds of pumpkin
  • The fastest pumpkin carving record is 74.8 seconds
  • The world's largest pumpkin pie was 39 feet long and 42 inches wide, it contained 244 cans of pumpkin 16 gallons of water and 200 pounds of pie dough

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