via CNN:
9 Thanksgiving facts we bet you don’t know:
Here’s 9 to get you started.
1.
A tradition is born: TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank. In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving — by 26 TONS! Some industrious soul came up with a brilliant plan: Why not slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side? Thus,
the first TV dinner was born!
2.
Going shopping?: Not if you’re a plumber. Black Friday is the busiest day of the year for them, according to Roto-Rooter, the nation’s largest plumbing service. After all, someone has to clean up after household guests who “
overwhelm the system.”
3.
This land is my land:
There are four places in the United States named Turkey. Louisiana’s Turkey Creek is the most populous, with a whopping 435 residents. There’s also Turkey, Texas; Turkey, North Carolina; and Turkey Creek, Arizona. Oh, let’s not forget the two townships in Pennsylvania: the creatively named Upper Turkeyfoot and Lower Turkeyfoot!
What parasitic worms in defector reveal about conditions in North Korea:
The soldier was shot up to five times November 13 while making a run for the South Korean side of the border through the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, according to dramatic security video released this week.
North Korean soldiers fired at him about 40 times, hitting him with bullets from both pistols and an AK-47,
violating the armistice agreement between the two countries after the Korean War, the UN Command said.
Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor apologizes, pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct:
Three of the charges applied to victims under 13, and three applied to victims 13 to 15 years old. Other charges were dismissed or reduced as part of a plea agreement. All 125 victims who reported assaults to Michigan State Police will be allowed to give victim impact statements at Nassar’s sentencing in January, according to the plea deal.
Nassar made a short statement apologizing and saying he was hopeful the community could move forward.
‘Dancing With the Stars’ winner is …:
It came down to the final three, with singer Jordan Fisher, actor Frankie Muniz and violinist Lindsey Stirling competing to see who would take home the Mirrorball Trophy.
In the end, after the judges’ scores were combined with votes from the audience, front-runner Fisher and his partner, Lindsay Arnold, were declared the winners.
Arnold, who has been competing as one of the dance pros since season 16, scored her first win. She injured her leg so badly this season that fans feared she might have to drop out of the competition.
‘Thanksgiving miracle’: Baby denied kidney receives transplant:
“This is an unexpected Thanksgiving miracle,” family attorney Muwali Davis said while the baby was in recovery at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. “To watch this child that no one expected to live, and now for him to have a chance at a healthy life, it’s unbelievable.
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