THE ORIGINS OF TRICK OR TREAT _ One of the most popular Halloween traditions across the globe apparently originated in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. I’m referring to the infamous Halloween doorstep question: Trick or Treat? Lethbridge historian Belinda Crowson said research has confirmed the term “Trick or Treat” was first documented in the Lethbridge Herald newspaper on November 4, 1927. The sentence in the paper reads: “Youthful tormentors were at back door and front, demanding edible plunder with the words trick or treat.” The origins of the phrase were first documented in 2012 by the online research website Today I Found Out. A day after the research article was published, the Smithsonian Institution also shared Lethbridge’s first reference to the term in its online magazine.
THINGS EVERY SERIOUS SPORTS FAN SHOULD HAVE _ 900 avid sports fans were asked what every serious sports fan should have.
• Multiple TV sports packages
• A wearable teams jersey
• A throwback jersey
• A framed jersey
• An autograph from a favorite player
• A fantasy team
• A favorite sports movie
• A private WhatsApp group for fans of the same teams
• Something lucky to wear
• Something lucky you don’t wear
• A framed collection of ticket stubs
• A home memorabilia display with a signed ball, a collectible figurine, etc.
• A framed imited-edition poster
• Participation in at least one serious fan Facebook group
• A list of favorite game-day foods in your preferred food delivery app
PEOPLE BUY CARS FOR WHAT THEY THINK THEY’LL DRIVE _ We buy off-road capable SUVs and trucks because we really think we’re going to be off-roading every-other-weekend. The data show most of us rarely or never need all-wheel-drive or 4 wheel drive. Also, the data show we don’t drive on regular roads the way we think we will. A new survey found that over two-thirds of U.S. electric car shoppers would want 300 or more miles of range on an EV, which is a bit of a disconnect between how people actually drive. About 95 percent of U.S. car trips are 30 miles or less, but when people buy cars they don’t buy cars for what they actually drive but what they fantasize they will drive.
