Wikipedia:Did you know/Halloween 2010

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18:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

... that a Halloween hermit crab (pictured) may trick a snail into becoming a treat?
... that Ben Cooper, Inc., the "Halston of Halloween", said it sold a scary 4 million Halloween costumes in the United States in 1990?
... that Margaret Jones was the first person in Boston to be executed for witchcraft in a New England witch hunt that lasted between 1648 and 1663?
... that ghosts at Preston Manor, reputedly one of Britain's most haunted houses, have included a grey lady, an excommunicated nun, a floating hand and one driving a toy tractor?
... that a disc jockey at WTCM-FM created a song about the Michigan Dogman, which has been sighted in northwestern Michigan, as an April Fools' Day joke?
... that the bone skipper came back from the dead after 160 years to feed on rotting bones?
... that critics praised a scene in the horror film Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp where a student is attacked by a motorbike outfitted with revolving blades?
... that the "Devils Brigade" was conceived to tell of 19 men who went halfway to hell?

12:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Paracas textiles found wrapped around 2,200 year old mummies (distorted skull shown) show a winged shaman carrying a severed head by its hair?
... that the Beginning of the End could not begin until 200 grasshoppers had been sexed?
... that bonfire toffee is brittle, dark toffee associated with Halloween and Bonfire Night in the United Kingdom?
... that the Ipswich Witchcraft Trial has been called the "Second Salem Witch Trial", and was the last witch trial held in the United States?
... that a slime mold eats the decaying remains of the Devil's tongue barrel?
... that, according to legend, a wooded area in Hellam Township, Pennsylvania, is home to seven gates that lead directly to hell?

06:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

... that a person can create more of a Devil's Backbone (pictured) by cutting it off above a joint and burying it?
... that Podostroma cornu-damae can shrink your brain, make your skin fall off, cause you to speak and move abnormally and kill you?
... that Johnny Cash cast Watergate scandal prosecutor James F. Neal to play a lawyer in the 1983 made-for-television movie Murder in Coweta County?
... that in various regions in India, a haunting bhoot can be thwarted using water, steel or iron objects, or the scent of burnt turmeric?
... that Irish psychic Sandra Ramdhanie, who specialises in exorcisms, was born on Halloween night?
... that an 18th-century soldier, court-martialed for sleeping at his post, swore that he heard the clock of St Paul's Cathedral strike 13 times – and other witnesses corroborated it, saving his life?
... that Ann Hibbins was convicted and hanged for being a witch in Boston, Massachusetts in 1656, 36 years prior to the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials?

00:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the plafond in the Bishops' Palace in Kielce (pictured) depicts its founder's victory over the Polish Brethren Protestant church, which taught the equality and brotherhood of all people?
... that in the requiem mass for John F. Kennedy, Mac Morgan performed the bass solo of Mozart's Requiem?
... that Fohoren was one of the traditional kingdoms of Timor which were ruled by a Liurai?
... that Steven Girvin's group has successfully implemented quantum algorithms on a two-qubit quantum processor?
... that St Peter's Church, Northampton is considered by the Churches Conservation Trust to be "the most outstanding Norman church in the county" of Northamptonshire?
... that Lord William VI of Montpellier (1121–49) looked out for the interests of the merchants of his town, since his revenues depended on theirs?
... that two Critically Endangered palms in Madagascar, Dypsis brevicaulis and Dypsis humilis, have fewer than 60 known specimens in the wild combined?
... that Harold Martin won election to the New Jersey General Assembly in the 39th District running in support of the creation of a state income tax?
... that in a best-dressed list published in 1958 by the New York Dress Institute, Consuelo Crespi was ranked third, behind the Duchess of Windsor but ahead of Queen Elizabeth II?

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Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas from me! Thanks for your company during 2016. We have seen the percentage of articles on women rise from 15.5% to 16.77%. 20% is within our grasp and that's an increase of 11% over what we first found. Victuallers (talk) 15:50, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]