This week I learned America really struggled to pin down a date for Thanksgiving, and more
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- FDR moved Thanksgiving to give people more time to shop (Time)
- Why do we wish on the turkey's wishbone? (Mental Floss)
- Gluten sensitive? It may actually be a carb making you ill. (New Scientist)
- Nearly every country on Earth is named after 1 of 4 things (Quartz)
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