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TIL there have been no cases of strangers poisoning children's halloween candy in real life. The one time a child did die from poisoned halloween candy, their father was responsible. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

wikiless link: https://wikiless.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths#Misattributed_poisoning_deaths?lang=en

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[–] Repulsa@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Always see posts around Halloween warning of strangers putting drugs into Halloween candy. Made me laugh the first time I heard the point 'drugs are expensive, why would people waste them on strange children?'

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