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Little Known Facts About Thanksgiving

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 18 Nov 17

1. The Mayflower was not the only ship chartered for the journey to America. There was also a ship called the Speedwell. It attempted the voyage 3 times, but would began taking on water and have to return to the departing venue....

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Little Known Facts of Interest

bdugas @bdugas (3577) • United States 24 Aug 08

Found these tidbits and thought some might interest you 1. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, how many have ever counted them, lol 2.A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 3. A crocodile can not stick out his tongue 4.A...

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Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War..

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 16 May 08

I heard this recently.. which was something I never thought about before.. I was a little surprised to hear of it! I guess I just assumed forks had been in use much longer! Does this surprise you?

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