The Ultimate Thanksgiving Trivia Collection

The 1621 harvest feast in Plymouth lasted three full days and was attended by 53 Pilgrims and 90 Wampanoag people.

Venison, fowl (likely duck or goose), corn, and seafood were the staples. Turkey may have been served, but it wasn't the star.

President Abraham Lincoln declared it a national holiday during the Civil War, partly thanks to the persistent campaigning of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale.

That's roughly one-fifth of all turkeys consumed in the US each year — concentrated in a single 24-hour period.

It originally featured live animals from the Central Park Zoo. The iconic giant balloons didn't appear until 1927.

In 1953, Swanson had 260 tons of frozen turkey left over. A salesman suggested portioning it onto aluminum trays — the first TV dinner was born.

Since 1989, the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation includes a primary turkey and an "alternate" — both are pardoned and live out their days at a sanctuary.

The first Thanksgiving Day football game was played between Yale and Princeton, just 13 years after the holiday became national.

That's about one pie for every 7 Americans — and roughly 80% of all pumpkin pie consumed each year happens in November.

Police in Philadelphia coined the term to describe the chaotic post-Thanksgiving shopping crowds. Retailers later rebranded it as the day they go "into the black" (profit).