Did you know that there are four towns in the U.S. who have Turkey in their name such as Turkey, Texas (pop. 465); Turkey Creek, Louisiana (pop. 363); and Turkey, North Carolina (pop. 270) and Turkey Creek, Arizona.?

Abraham Lincoln

 Did you know that more than 200 years later, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving?

Did you know that congress finally made Thanksgiving Day an official national holiday in 1941?


Did you know that Sarah Josepha Hale petitioned for a national Thanksgiving holiday for close to 40 years, believing that "Thanksgiving, like the Fourth of July, should be considered a national festival and observed by all our people?

 Did you know that Sarah Josepha Hale, the enormously influential magazine editor and author who waged a tireless campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday in the mid-19th century, was also the author of the classic nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb/”

Margaret Cusack

Did you know that in 2001, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative Thanksgiving
stamp. Designed by the artist Margaret Cusack in a style resembling traditional folk-art needlework, it depicted a cornucopia overflowing with fruits and vegetables, under the phrase “We Give Thanks?”

Did you know that the American Automobile Association (AAA) estimated that 90 million Americans traveled 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2016?

Did you kn0w according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in America, with a planned production total of 46.5 million in 2011?

Did you know that these Six states—Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Indiana—account for nearly two-thirds of the 248 million turkeys that will be raised in the U.S. this year.?

Did you know that the National Turkey Federation estimated that 46 million turkeys—one fifth of the annual total of 235 million consumed in the United States—were eaten at Thanksgiving?

Cranberry

Did you know that Cranberry production in the U.S. is expected to reach 1 Billion pounds in 2018?

Did you know that Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington are the top cranberry growing states?

Did you know that Illinois, California, Pennsylvania and New York are the major pumpkin growing states, together they produced 2 billion pounds of pumpkin?

Did you know that the sweet potato is most plentifully produced in North Carolina, which grew over 1 billion pounds of the popular Thanksgiving side dish vegetable?

Did you know that sweet potato powerhouses included California and Mississippi, these top
producing states together generated over 2.4 billion pounds of the sweet potatoes?

Did you know that according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 2,020 pounds and measured just over 12 feet long it was baked on October 8, 2005 by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers in Ohio?

Did you know that the largest pumpkin pie ingredient, and included 900 pounds of pumpkin, 62 gallons of evaporated milk, 155 dozen eggs, 300 pounds of sugar, 3.5 pounds of salt, 7 pounds of cinnamon, 2 pounds of pumpkin spice and 250 pounds of crust?

Did you know that there are four towns in the U.S. who have Turkey in their name such as Turkey, Texas (pop. 465); Turkey Creek, Louisiana (pop. 363); and Turkey, North Carolina (pop. 270) and Turkey Creek, Arizona.?

Did you know that originally known as Macy’s Christmas Parade—to signify the launch of the

Turkey, Texas

Christmas shopping season—the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in New York City in 1924?

 It was launched by Macy’s employees and featured animals from the Central Park Zoo. Today, some 3 million people attend the annual parade and another 44 million watch it on television.

Did you know that Snoopy has appeared as a giant balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade more times than any other character in history?

 As the Flying Ace, Snoopy made his sixth appearance in the 2006 parade.

The first time the Detroit Lions played football on Thanksgiving Day was in 1934, when they hosted the Chicago Bears at the University of Detroit stadium, in front of 26,000 fans. The NBC radio network broadcast the game on 94 stations across the country–the first national Thanksgiving football broadcast. Since that time, the Lions have played a game every Thanksgiving (except between 1939 and 1944); in 1956, fans watched the game on television for the first time.

Did you know that the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day for plumbers, according to Roto-Rooter?



Did you know that plumbers experiences a 21 percent increase in calls over the four-day weekend than any other Thursday to Sunday period in the year?

Turkey Talk line

Did you know that Minnesota produces more turkeys than any other state in the U.S., raising close to 50 million in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture?

Did you know that they have a Turkey Talk-Line hotline from Butterball answers all turkey questions each November and December?

Did you know that the Turkey Talk line began in 1981 with six home economists, who answered 11,000 calls about how to cook a turkey, but since then, the hotline has grown to answer 100,000 calls each season, and include Spanish-speakers, the first male Turkey Talk-Line expert, and email, texting, live chat, and social media platforms. Get more information and learn how to get in touch here?

President George H.W. Bush

Did you know that the first official presidential pardon of a turkey occurred much more recently than most might think: President George
H.W. Bush did it in 1989, and it’s since become an annual tradition?

Did you know that domesticated turkeys cannot fly, although wild turkeys can, for short distances, and at up to 55 miles per hour, and they can also run up to 20 miles per hour?

Did you know that the tradition of
football games on Thanksgiving dates back to 1934, when the Detroit Lions played the Chicago Bears in the first NFL game broadcast nationally?

Did you know that George A. Richards, a radio executive and owner of the Detroit Lions team, wanted to gain the attention of fans with a Thanksgiving Day game?

Did you know that his idea worked, and all 26,000 tickets sold out two weeks before kickoff?

Did you know that the Lions have hosted a Thanksgiving day game each year since?

Did you know that the Dallas Cowboys also began hosting on Thanksgiving in 1966, and a third game was added with rotating matchups in 2006?

Did you know that Americans aren’t the only ones who celebrate Thanksgiving, The first official Thanksgiving in Canada was in 1879, though traditions of honoring the fall harvest predate both the official American and Canadian holidays; the date was moved around until 1957, when Thanksgiving was set as the second Monday of October.?

Swanson

Did you know that TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank back in 1953, someone at Swanson the first TV dinner was born?
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,

Did you know that Campbell's soup created green bean casserole for an annual cookbook 50 years ago, It now sells $20 million worth of cream of mushroom soup?

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Did you know that Affleck was sued for $2 million by one woman and $2.25 million by the other, but both cases were settled out of court for an undisclosed amount in 2010?

Casey Affleck poses in the press room during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly

Did you know that Casey Affleck has won over a dozen awards, including a Golden Globe, for his performance in Manchester by the Sea?

and with Tuesday’s nominations he became a favorite to win the best actor Oscar in February. Though expected, the news has

Did you know that there as been some elicited objections from actors, activists and commentators on

the grounds the Academy disregarded sexual harassment allegations made in two settled lawsuits against the 41-year-old Affleck?


Did you know that the sexual harassment allegations date from seven years ago?

Did you know that in 2010, two women who had worked on Affleck’s experimental film I’m Still Here filed sexual harassment suits against him?

Did you know that one of the women claimed that Affleck crawled into bed with her without her consent while she was asleep?

Did you know that there was am allegation that Affleck allegedly pressured the other woman to stay in his hotel room and “violently grabbed [her] arm in an effort to intimidate her into staying”?

Did you know that Affleck was sued for $2 million by one woman and $2.25 million by the other, but both cases were settled out of court for an undisclosed amount in 2010?


Did you know at the time the suits were filed, Affleck denied the claims and threatened to counter-sue?

Did you know that Affleck’s lawyer initially told People: “The complaint will be vigorously defended and cross-claims will be filed” although they never did counter-sue and settled out of court?

Did you know when he was profiled by the New York Times in 2016, he responded to the allegations via email. “It was settled to the satisfaction of all. I was hurt and upset—I am sure all were—but I am over it,” he wrote. “It was an unfortunate situation—mostly for the innocent bystanders of the families of those involved?”

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Did you know as of October 2017, Dana White told people at Freddie Roach's Wild Card West boxing club that he is in the process of getting his promoters license?

 Did you know that Dana Frederick White Jr.^[1]  is an American businessman and the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which is the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization in the world?

Did you know that under White's leadership, the UFC has grown into a globally popular multi billion-dollar enterprise?^[2]


Did you know that White was born July 28, 1969 in Manchester, Connecticut?

Did you know that Dana White used to work as a manager for Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell?

Did you know that White learned that Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC, was looking for a buyer for the UFC?

Lorenzo Fertitta

Did you know that White contacted childhood friend Lorenzo Fertitta, an executive at Station Casinos and a former commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission?

Did you know that within a month, in January 2001, Lorenzo and his older brother Frank bought the UFC with White installed as its president?^[6][7]

Did you know that White owns 9% of Zuffa, LLC, the entity the Fertitta brothers created to own and manage the UFC?^[8]

Did you know that in July 2016 the UFC was sold to a consortium of investors led by WME-IMG. White confirmed the sale though did not announce the price White also added that he would be continuing in his role as president?^[9]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor

Did you know that White first entered the boxing scene by having a part in helping promote the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor mega-fight due to McGregor being a fighter for UFC?

Did you know as of October 2017, Dana White told people at Freddie Roach's Wild Card West boxing club that he  is in the process of getting his promoters license?

Did you know that in 2011, White's mother wrote a book about him titled Dana White, King of MMA: Dana White an Unauthorized Biography?^[22]


Did you know in In an interview promoting the book, she called her son "egotistical, self-centered, arrogant, and cruel"^[23] and he is an atheist?^[24][25]

Did you know that in May 2012, White revealed that he had been diagnosed with Ménière's disease, a neurological disorder?^[26]

Did you know that White is undergoing Orthokine treatment for Ménière's disease, which he says has greatly reduced his symptoms?

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Did you know that Berlanti helps to create, write, and produce a series for The CW based on Green Arrow, called Arrow?

Did you know that Dawson's Creek, Everwood, Political Animals; and for his contributions to DC Comics on film and television, including The CW's Arrowverse?

Greg Berlanti  is an American film and television writer and producer. He is known for his work on the television series

Did you know that in 2017 Berlanti set the record in having 10 different scripted television series planned to air in the 2017–18 television season on various networks and digital platforms?^[1]

Did you know that Berlanti co-wrote and co-produced the DC

Comics film Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds as the titular character?

Did you know that In December 2011, it was announced that, along with Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim?

Did you know that  Berlanti helps to create, write, and produce a series for The CW based on Green Arrow, called Arrow?

Did you know that after the introducing Barry Allen in the second season of Arrow, the CW officially ordered a pilot for The Flash,^[7] and in May 2014 the network picked the project up to series with a premiere scheduled for autumn of that year?^[8]  

Did you know that on September 4, 2014, it was reported that Berlanti would executive produce a re-imagining of the origin of Supergirl, to be written by The New Normal and Chuck alum Ali Adler?

Did you know that  on September 19, 2014, it was reported that CBS had made a series commitment to Supergirl, it was also announced that Berlanti would co-write the first episode?^[12]

LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers

Did you know after Supergirls first season, the show moved from being shown on CBS to being shown on The CW (the same network where other DC shows The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow air)?

Did you know that Berlanti has been in a relationship with LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers since mid-2013?^[15][16]

Did you know that on February 18, 2016, Berlanti and Rogers welcomed their first son via surrogacy, Caleb Berlanti?^[17]

Did you know that On December 31, 2016, Rogers and Berlanti announced they had become engaged/^[18]

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Did you know that El chapo made more than $1 billion ashead of the Sinaloa Cartel?

Did you know that Joaquín (el chapo) Guzmán Loera: Made $1 billion as head of the Sinaloa Carte?

Did you know that el chapo is named as one of the most powerful people on earth by Forbes magazine?

 Did you know that 2009 to 2011, Forbes magazine ranked Guzmán as one of the most powerful people in the world, ranking him 41st, 60th, and 55th?

Carlos Slim

Did you know that El Chapo was thus the second most powerful man in Mexico, after Carlos Slim.^[5][6] and he was named as the 10th richest man in Mexico?

Did you know that El Chapo is a Mexican drug lord who headed the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was formed?


Did you know that el chappo has built a fortune of $1 Billion as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico?

Did you know that el chappo was arrested, released and finally re-arrested in 2014?

Did you know that in 2017, Netflix and Univision began co-producing the series, El Chapo, about the life of Guzmán^[294] the series premiered on Sunday, 23 April 2017?

   Did you know that Al Scarface Capone: Made $1.3 billion as a gangster?

Did you know that Al Scarface, Capone was co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit who smuggled alcohol and made $1.3 billion?

Did you know that Capone was a billionaire in the thirty's? 

 

 

Did you know that Griselda Blanco was known as La Madrina, the Black Widow, the Cocaine Godmother made $2 billion smuggling cocaine?

Did you know that La Madrina, was the Queen of Narco-Trafficking?

Did you know that La Madrina was a Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel and a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade and underworld during the 1970s and early 1980s?

Did you know that La Madrina was Nicknamed the Black Widow for her hardcore style, she was responsible for up to 200 murders while transporting cocaine from Colombia to New York, Miami and Southern California?

Jennifer Lopez

Did you know that she made $2 Billion?

Catalina Sandino Morena

Did you know that A film titled The Godmother is currently in production, starring Catalina Sandino Morena as Blanco? ^[23]

Did you know that HBO is developing a film with Jennifer Lopez attached to play the notorious drug lord. The film focuses on “The Cocaine Godmother”'s rise and fall.^[24]

Catherine Zeta-Jones

As of June 2017, Catherine Zeta-Jones filmed a TV Movie entitled Cocaine Godmother, a television Lifetime.^[25][26]
biopic on drug lord Griselda Blanco, which will premiere in 2018 on

Did you know that Carlos Lehder made $2.7 billion selling cocaine

Did you know that is a Carlos Lehder is the co-founder of the Medellin Cartel and former Colombian drug lord?

Did you know that Lehder eventually ran a cocaine transport empire on Norman's Cay island, 210 miles (340 km) off the Florida coast in the central Bahamas?^[2][4]

Did you know that in the movie Blow (2001), the character Diego Delgado (played by the Spanish actor Jordi Mollà), the cellmate of the main character George Jung at Danbury federal prison, who became Jung's good friend, business partner, and later his nemesis, was based on Carlos Lehder?

In the 2012 Caracol Televisión series Escobar, el Patrón del Mal (Pablo Escobar: The Boss of Evil), Lehder is portrayed as Marcos Herbert (by the Colombian actor and singer Alejandro Martinez).

Investigation Discovery's Manhunt: Kill or Capture episode, "Colombian Rambo" (August 26 2015), features the story of Carlos Lehder's rise and fall.^[19]

In the 2015 Netflix original drama/action television mini-series Narcos (2015), which follows drug kingpin Pablo Escobar as well as the ruthless Medellin Cartel, Lehder is portrayed by Juan Riedinger.

Did you know that the Rodríguez Orejuela Brothers made $3 billion dealing drugs?

Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela

Did you know Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela  is a Colombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali?

Did you know that the Orejuela brothers started the Cali cartel, which basically dealt in drugs of all kinds?

Did you know that Orejuela brothers  ended up making around $3 Billion before getting arrested and spending their current days in a USA prison.?

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Orejuela

Did you know that Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Orejuela is a Colombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel,Rodriguez  is the younger brother of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela? 

Did you know that Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela was extradited to the United States on December 3, 2004?^[5]

Did you know that Miguel was also extradited to the US in March 2005?
 
Did you know that on September 26, 2006, both Gilberto and Miguel were sentenced to 30 years in prison, after pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to import cocaine to the U.S?^[6]

Did you know that the brothers took this deal in exchange for the United States agreeing not to bring charges against their family members?

Did you know that their lawyers David Oscar Markus and Roy Kahn were able to obtain immunity for 29 family members?

Did you know that on November 16, 2006, the brothers pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to engage in money laundering and both were sentenced to an additional 87 months in prison?^[7]

Did you know that José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha made $5 billion as part of the Medellin Cartel?

José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha

Did you know that José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha was know by
the nickname El Mexicano?

Did you know that Gacha was a Colombian drug lord who was one of the leaders of the notorious Medellín Cartel along with the Ochoa Brothers and Pablo Escobar?

Did you know that at the height of his criminal career Gacha was acknowledged as one of the world's most successful drug dealers?

Did you know that in 1988, Forbes magazine included him in their annual list of the world's billionaires?

Did you know that Gacha made $5 Billion dollars with the Medellin Cartel?

Did you know that Gacha made so much money that George W. Bush had him specifically targeted for a crackdown but Gacha killed himself rather than going quietly?

Did you know that Khun Sa made $5 billion selling drugs and weapon?

Khun Sa

Did you know that Khun Sa was dubbed the "Opium King" in Myanmar due to his massive opium smuggling operations in the Golden Triangle?

Did you know that Khun was commander-in-chief of the Mong Tai Army from 1985 to 1996 and the Shan United Revolutionary Army in 1996?

Did you know that Khun Sa cause of death was not known, though he had suffered from diabetes, partial paralysis and high blood pressure?^[18]

Did you know that Khun Sa was Another member of the $5 Billion club, he sold drugs and weapons?,

Did you know that the Ochoa Brothers made $6 billion as part of the Medellin Carte?

Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez

Did you know that Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez were Colombian drug trafficker who was one of the key founding members of the notorious Medellín Cartel in the late 1980s?

Did you know that  The cartel's key members were Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Jorge Ochoa and his brothers Juan David and Fabio?

Did you know that the Medellin Cartel seems to churn out extremely rich and extremely ruthless personalities?

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez

Did you know that On July 25, 2013 Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez died of an apparent heart attack at a health clinic in Medellín?^[1]
 

Did you know that Fabio Ochoa Vásquez is the other leading member of the Medellín cocaine trafficking cartel, along with his older brothers Juan David and Jorge Luis?

 

Did you know that Fabio role briefly made him a billionaire?

 

Did you know that after serving a brief prison term in Colombia, he was arrested and extradited to the US in 1999 and is serving a 30-year term in US federal prison?

 

Did you know that Ocho brothers as a team made 6 billion dollars?

Did you know that Dawood Ibrahim made $6.7 billion as kingpin of his organization

Dawood Ibrahim

Did you know that Dawood Ibrahim is known as Dawood Bhai?

Did you know that or simply Bhai in English: means  Brother, Big brother or Boss?

Did you know Dawood is a crime lord and a designated terrorist originally from Dongri in Mumbai, India?^[4][5]

Did you know that Dawood heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company which he founded in Mumbai in 70s?^[6][7]

Did you know that Dawood is wanted on the charges of murder, extortion, targeted killing, drug trafficking, terrorism and various other cases?

Did you know that Dawood was designated as a global terrorist in 2003 with a bounty on his head for 25 million US dollars?^[8]

Did you know that Amado Carrillo Fuentes made $25 billion as part of his Mexican Cartel?

Did you know that Amado Carrillo Fuentes was a Mexican drug lord who seized control of the Juárez

amado carillo

Cartel after assassinating his boss Rafael Aguilar Guajardo?^[1][2]

Did you know that Amado Carrillo became known as "El Señor de Los Cielos" ("The Lord of the Skies"), because of the large fleet of jets he used to transport drugs?

Did you know that Carillo net worth was $25 Billion?

Did you know that Carillo was also known for laundering money via Colombia to finance his large fleet of airplanes?

Did you know that Carillo underwent plastic surgery to get the feds off his back, but his bodyguards apparently killed him while he was in the process of changing his face?

 Did you know that Pablo Escobar made $30 billion as head of the Medellin Cartel?

Did you know that Pablo Escobar cartel supplied an estimated 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States at the height of his career, turning over US $21.9 billion a year in personal income?^[2][3]
Did you know that Escobar was often called "The King of Cocaine" and was the wealthiest criminal in history, with an estimated known net worth of US $30 billion by the early 1990s (equivalent to about $55 billion as of 2016)?^[4]

Did you know that two major feature films on Escobar, Escobar (2009) and Killing Pablo (2011), were announced in 2007?^[75]

Did you know that Pablo Escobar: The King of Coke (2007) is a TV movie documentary by National Geographic, featuring archival footage and commentary by stakeholders?

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Did you know that the Playboy Mansion was sold to Daren Metropoulos Daren Metropoulos for $100 million?

Did you know that Hugh Marston Hefner was an American businessman, magazine publisher and playboy died?

Did you know that Hugh Hefner was the founder of Playboy and editor-in-chief of the magazine, which he founded in 1953?^[2]

Did you know that Hefner was also the chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises, which is the publishing group that operates the magazine.^[3] An advocate of sexual liberation and freedom of expression, Hefner was a political activist and philanthropist in several other causes and public issues?

(April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) 

Did you know that in 1985, Hefner had a minor stroke at age 59?

Did you know that after the stroke Hefner re-evaluating his lifestyle and made several changes which included toned down wild, all-night parties?

Did you know that in 1988, daughter Christie took over the operation of the Playboy empire?


Did you know that Hefner's brother Keith died at the age of 87 on April 8, 2016, one day before Hefner's 90th birthday?^[55]

Did you know that in January 2016, the Playboy Mansion was put on the market for $200 million, on condition that Hugh Hefner would continue to work and live in the mansion?^[56]

Daren Metropoulos

Did you know that the Playboy Mansion was sold  to
Daren Metropoulos, a principal at private equity firm Metropoulos & Company, for $100 million?

Did you know that Metropoulos planned to reconnect the Playboy Mansion property with a neighboring estate that he purchased in 2009, combining the two for a 7.3 acre (3-hectare) compound as his own private residence?^[57]

Did you know that Hefner died at his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, on September 27, 2017, at the age of 91?^[70][71]

Did you know that the causes Hefner death were cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, sepsis and an E. coli infection?^[72][73][74]

Did you know that Hefner is interred at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, in the $75,000 crypt beside Marilyn Monroe. "Spending eternity next to Marilyn is an opportunity too sweet to pass up," Hefner had told the Los Angeles Times in 2009?^[75]

Jared Leto

Did you know that On October 3, 2017, it was announced that Academy Award winner actor Jared Leto would play Hugh Hefner in a biopic directed by Brett Ratner with the screenplay by Jeff Nathanson but the biopic was put indefinitely on hold and was confirmed that Leto would not portray the Playboy founder following an emergence of sexual harassment allegations against Ratner on November 2, 2017?^[80][81]

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