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Wednesday, November 26, 2014Although George Washington was the first to create a national day of thanksgiving, it didn't become a national holiday (with a set date) until Lincoln officially made it the last Thursday of November. For the interim 74 years, each state scheduled its own Thanksgiving at different times. The original document that proclaimed the exact date of Thanksgiving was written by Secretary of State William Seward in 1863, and then sold a year later to benefit Union troops.
Today's Random Fact:The first TV dinner was Thanksgiving leftovers
The first Swanson frozen TV dinner (which sold for a mere 98 cents) was produced in the United States and consisted of a Thanksgiving meal of turkey, cornbread stuffing, frozen peas and sweet potatoes packaged in a tray like those used for airline meals. Retired Swanson executive Gerry Thomas said he came up with the idea after the company found itself with a huge surplus of frozen turkeys because of poor Thanksgiving sales.
The average person consumes 4500 calories on Thanksgiving day--enough to gain 1.3 pounds
A 160-pound person would have to run at a steady pace for six hours, swim for seven and a half hours or walk 45 miles to burn off a 4,500-calorie Thanksgiving day food-fest.
***Bonus Fact:The night before Thanksgiving is the single biggest day for bar sales in the US
Thanksgiving Eve is the largest 'bar night' of the year. Not only do towns see an increase in population (mostly college students heading home to see their families for the vacation) but there's a built-in hangover day on Thanksgiving--complete with lots of comfort food. It also comes without the high price-tag of nights like New Years Eve where more places charge higher cover fees to take part in the revelry.