Image: Benjamin Franklin and his pick for the national bird - foundingfranklin.com
You might think you already know everything there is to know about Thanksgiving. Sure, it’s an annual feast we have with family and friends to commemorate the coming together of the pilgrims and the Native Americans. But there’s a whole lot more to this holiday than you might think from boredomtherapy.com…
And it’s really strange.
1. President Thomas Jefferson thought making Thanksgiving a National Holiday was “a ridiculous proposition.”
2. The real first Thanksgiving was held in Texas in 1541 when Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and his expedition held a Thanksgiving celebration in Palo Duro Canyon.
3. Baby turkeys are called poults. They are ridiculously cute.
4. Sarah Hale is considered the “Mother of Thanksgiving”. She urged President Abraham Lincoln to make it a National Holiday. She also wrote the popular song “Mary Had A Little Lamb.”
5. The Snoopy Balloon has appeared more than any other balloon in the Macy’s Annual Thanksgiving Parade.
6. Cranberries were once used for more than just sauce. Native Americans used them to treat wounds and dye arrows.
7. The first Thanksgiving meal took THREE DAYS to eat.
8. Domestic turkeys can’t fly — but they have been to outer space. Turkey was the first meal enjoyed by the Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
9. The Turkey was Ben Franklin’s vote for the national bird.
10. The very first TV dinners sold were turkey dinners.
11. The night before Thanksgiving is the single biggest day for bar sales in the U.S.
12. The best way to tell if a cranberry is ripe is to see if it bounces.
13. Americans eat the weight of Singapore’s population in turkey every year — up to 690 million pounds!
14. There were no forks at the first Thanksgiving. People ate using knives, spoons, and their fingers.
15. The average person eats enough each Thanksgiving to gain 1.3 pounds.
Could you imagine a three-day-long Thanksgiving dinner?! Pie coma ahoy!
You might think you already know everything there is to know about Thanksgiving. Sure, it’s an annual feast we have with family and friends to commemorate the coming together of the pilgrims and the Native Americans. But there’s a whole lot more to this holiday than you might think from boredomtherapy.com…
And it’s really strange.
1. President Thomas Jefferson thought making Thanksgiving a National Holiday was “a ridiculous proposition.”
2. The real first Thanksgiving was held in Texas in 1541 when Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and his expedition held a Thanksgiving celebration in Palo Duro Canyon.
3. Baby turkeys are called poults. They are ridiculously cute.
4. Sarah Hale is considered the “Mother of Thanksgiving”. She urged President Abraham Lincoln to make it a National Holiday. She also wrote the popular song “Mary Had A Little Lamb.”
5. The Snoopy Balloon has appeared more than any other balloon in the Macy’s Annual Thanksgiving Parade.
6. Cranberries were once used for more than just sauce. Native Americans used them to treat wounds and dye arrows.
7. The first Thanksgiving meal took THREE DAYS to eat.
8. Domestic turkeys can’t fly — but they have been to outer space. Turkey was the first meal enjoyed by the Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
9. The Turkey was Ben Franklin’s vote for the national bird.
10. The very first TV dinners sold were turkey dinners.
11. The night before Thanksgiving is the single biggest day for bar sales in the U.S.
12. The best way to tell if a cranberry is ripe is to see if it bounces.
13. Americans eat the weight of Singapore’s population in turkey every year — up to 690 million pounds!
14. There were no forks at the first Thanksgiving. People ate using knives, spoons, and their fingers.
15. The average person eats enough each Thanksgiving to gain 1.3 pounds.
Could you imagine a three-day-long Thanksgiving dinner?! Pie coma ahoy!