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TIL in 2017, the University of Akron in Ohio banned carved pumpkins in the dorms. So instead, student Alex Shwarz carved a pineapple. The school threw it out as it would attract rodents and bugs. To retaliate, Schwarz craved an army of mini Jack-o-Lanterns from apples. The school finally gave up.

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