Fascinating Fall Facts You Probably Didn’t Know.<br />With the first official day of fall upon us, the season of pumpkins, flannel and colorful leaves has finally arrived.<br />In honor of its arrival, here are seven facts about fall that you may not have known.<br />1. The official flavor of fall, pumpkin spice, doesn’t actually contain any pumpkin. Instead, it’s a mix of<br />all the spices usually used to make pumpkin pie.<br />2. A 2011 study found that people born in the fall have a greater chance of reaching 100 years old.<br />3. A common superstition is that every falling leaf you catch before it hits the ground is the equivalent <br />of one month of good fortune and happiness.<br />4. According to a 1998 study, squirrels never find up to 74 percent of the nuts they store throughout the fall.<br />5. Ancient Greeks believed that fall was the result of Demeter, the goddess of harvest, throwing<br />a tantrum because her daughter, Persephone, had returned to the underworld.<br />6. Fall is when the most people update their relationship status on social media to “engaged” or “in a relationship.”<br />7. A study found that people born in the fall are 30 to 90 percent more likely to have food allergies.
