Today, about 3,000 Wampanoag Indians still live in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, occurring on the second Monday in October.

Years ago, people believed that pumpkins could cure freckles. How? Apparently, you mixed ten pounds of pumpkin with two spoonfuls of honey and a small amount of salt. You rubbed it on your face, and your freckles were gone! Well, they were still there -- it's just that your face was covered with orange mush and you couldn't see them!

The English dissidents on board the Mayflower called themselves "saints", not "pilgrims".

Turkey eggs are tan in color and speckled with brown. They are about twice as large as chicken eggs.

Forefathers' Day is a commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. The Old Colony Club and the Mayflower Society both include a succotash dinner as part of their celebration.

The Pilgrims built their town on the site of an abandoned Wampanoag village called Patuxet.

Today, Thanksgiving is one day--maybe two if you count Black Friday--but the first Thanksgiving was actually a three-day celebration.

According to English sources, Massasoit prevented the failure of Plymouth Colony and the almost certain starvation that the Pilgrims faced during the earliest years of the colony's establishment.

According to the National Turkey Federation, only 88% of Americans chow down on turkey. Which begs the question: what interesting dishes are the other 12% cooking up?