Thanksgiving Fun Facts

1. Benjamin Franklin once proposed that the turkey become the national bird of the United States and gravy the official condiment.
2. Adventurer Adam Smith said at the first Thanksgiving feast, "Deploy thy mouth, make it full with stuff and bits of bread."
3. Henry Bacon's oil-painting depiction of the landing at Plymouth Rock was originally titled "The Buckle Heads Arrive!"
4. The Detroit Lions have played every Thanksgiving Day since 1832 when they lost to the Augusta Bayonets 14-13.
5. The Great Turkey shortage of 1961 led many families to instead eat large bowls of spiced carrot soup for dinner.
6. Adam Sandler wrote his Thanksgiving song on a cocktail napkin while having drinks with Henry Kissinger in 1993.
7. The Heimlich maneuver was created when Zeppo Heimlich saved his uncle from choking on undercooked stuffing in 1914.
8. This year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will feature a float of Scottie Pippen's face.