Monday 2 November 2015

Fact Hunters: Halloween & Guy Fawkes!

Olivia Bundy
Did you know that the Ancient Celts would wear masks to avoid being recognised by ghosts?

Lucien Bundy
On All Soul's Day in England, people would give out pastries in exchange for prayers about dead relatives.

Oliver Stay
Guy Fawkes was caught red handed trying to blow up the Palace of Westminster. If he had been successful he would have killed over 300 people and the King!

Ethan Himyuandi
Cueva de Villa Luz (Cave of the Lighted House) is a cave near Tapijulapa in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco. The springs within the cave are rich in hydrogen sulfide, a gas that is a potent respiratory toxicant and smells like rotten eggs.

Razvan Gabreanu
In approximately 100 years, scientists estimate that the polar ice caps could have melted. This will add up to 16m to the current sea levels and leave Tower Bridge a monument in the middle of the Atlantic!

Brandon Lee Bundy
Amazingly scary faces used to be carved into turnips and potatoes (in the Middle Ages) to ward off evil spirits!

Megan Mae Burnett
Did you know that in the 1990s the average American supermarket had 9,000 products. Today there are around 40,000.


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