It is believed that of the 50 Pilgrims and 90 Wampanoag Native Americans at the first thanksgiving, only 5 women were present.
The woman who wrote “Mary had a little lamb” (Sarah Hale) was the one who convinced Abraham Lincoln to proclaim thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863.
President Richard Nixon sent his pardoned turkey to a petting zoo. G. W. Bush was the president who formalized the tradition of pardoning a turkey in 1989.
There are four towns in the U.S. named “Turkey.” They are in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina.
The average number of calories eaten on Thanksgiving is 4,500.
The tradition to play a football game on Thanksgiving was set by Princeton and Yale. The first NFL game was played in 1920.
Cites
https://worldstrides.com/blog/2016/11/9-fun-facts-about-thanksgiving/