1. In the 18th century “October” was a common name for a strong ale brewed in this month.
2. Anglo-Saxons called this month “Winterfylleth” (“fullness of winter”). JRR Tolkien’s hobbits turned this into “Winterfilth”.
3. More US Presidents have been born in October than in any other month.
4. Research has shown that babies born in the northern hemisphere in October tend to live slightly longer than those born in other months.
5. A study in 2015 also reported that October and November babies tend to grow up most athletic.
6. It has been suggested this is due to mothers being exposed to summer sun in the last months of their pregnancies…
7. …but research has also claimed that October babies are more likely to develop asthma and tend to have mothers of low education.
8. October is International Walk To School Month.
9. It is also Black History Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Home Security Month.
10. “There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” (Nathaniel Hawthorne).