Here are some fun facts about Thanksgiving;

1. Congress didn’t declare Thanksgiving a holiday until 1941.
2. Turkeys can have heart attacks
3. Fossils show that turkeys were around ten million years ago
4. More than 90% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving
5. Around half of all Americans put the stuffing in the turkey
6. Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird
7. Twenty percent of all cranberries eaten throughout the year are eaten on Thanksgiving
8. The first Thanksgiving lasted for three days
9. A scared turkey can run as fast as 20 mph, and fly for a short distance at 55 mph
10. Wild turkeys taste different then domesticated turkeys
11. Turkeys can drown if they are left outside in the rain

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