23 Pilgrims and other Thanksgiving facts I think you need to know!

• There is more to Thanksgiving than a table loaded with food, people loaded with food and football. Shocking claim but it is true! There is tons of valuable knowledge I feel compelled to impart on you. (otherwise known as trivia.)
  
  
• The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.
• Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States.
• The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.
• Turkeys have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys would drop dead.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey.
• In the movie ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance '' John Wayne calls another character ''Pilgrim'' 23 times. (He used that term only one more time in one other movie)
  
  
  
• Age is a determining factor in taste. Old, large males are preferable to young toms (males) as tom meat is stringy. The opposite is true for females: old hens are tougher birds. ( Men are from Mars and women are from Venus - even for turkeys!)
  

So now I consider myself ready for Thanksgiving. I have the food, I gave the knowledge, the kids put the decorations out. I have much to be thankful for and if you are reading this then THANK YOU for reading my blog too!

Happy Thanksgiving!