Thursday, November 19, 2020

Thanksgiving Thursday!

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Global History Hub! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to this massive world we all call home! Today we're going to be taking a look at twenty-five Thanksgiving Fun Facts, released on Thursday, November 18th, 2020 shortly after midnight, technically making it Thursday. Alright, let's get into it!
  1. In 1953, Swanson overestimated the number of frozen turkeys that it would sell on Thanksgiving by 26 tons. The company decided to slice up the extra meat and repackage it--creating the first-ever TV dinner.
  2. The busiest time to hit the road for Thanksgiving travel is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day. And the busiest time is around 3 to 4 p.m.
  3. Black Friday is the busiest day for Roto-Rooter, a major plumbing service. They are called in to clean up “overwhelmed” sewer systems.
  4. The night before Thanksgiving is the biggest drinking night of the year, even bigger than St. Patrick's Day or New Year's Eve.
  5. Pilgrims did not wear buckled hats or dress only in black and white. Buckles did not come into fashion until later in the 17th century, and the pilgrims usually saved their formal black and white colors for Sunday.
  6. Thanksgiving is ranked as America's second most popular holiday, after Christmas.
  7. Approximately 50 million people watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on television.
  8. The average American will consume about 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day, or about 3,000 for the meal and an additional 1,500 for snacking.
  9. The Butterball Turkey hotline answers over 100,000 questions every November and early December.
  10. The song "Jingle Bells" was originally written as a Thanksgiving song.
  11. The flap of skin hanging off of a turkey's chin is called a "wattle." The wrinkly thing hanging over the turkey's beak is called a "snood."[16]
  12. A male turkey's feces is J-shaped and straighter and larger than a female's. Hen droppings are more like a spiral.
  13. Turkeys have two stomachs.
  14. Only male turkeys gobble, which is probably why they are called "gobblers."
  15. Both female and male turkeys have snoods, the red droopy thing on top of their beaks.
  16. The best way to determine if a cranberry is ripe is to see if it can bounce.
  17. It takes 14 slices of pumpkin pie to equal 4,500 calories.
  18. On average, it takes about 7 hours to cook a Thanksgiving dinner. People spend about 16 minutes eating it.
  19. Stuffing dates back to the Roman Empire, where the ancient cookbook Apicius de re Coquinaria contained recipes for stuffed chicken, rabbit, pork, and more.
  20. Stove Top stuffing sells around 60 million boxes of stuffing around Thanksgiving every year.
  21. Over 55 million people hit the road for Thanksgiving, driving at least 50 miles.
  22. Thanksgiving can occur as early as November 22 and as late as November 28
  23. Baby turkeys are called poults. Only male turkeys gobble and, therefore, are called gobblers
  24. The first Thanksgiving football game was in 1876
  25. Americans eat roughly 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving.
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