John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, and born in 1790, still has living grandchildren (as of 2012 at least).

 

President John Tyler's grandchildren still alive - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com

 

John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, and born in 1790, still has living grandchildren (as of 2012 at least).

 

President John Tyler's grandchildren still alive - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com

 

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?

Answer: All invented by women

Americans eat roughly 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving.

Apparently corn (as we think of it today) couldn't grow on it's own in the wild because of the husk. Also, the bananas and navel oranges we eat today couldn't reproduce on their own and are genetic mutations.

I think of tigers as animals that you would find in African jungles, but they are actually native to Asia.

Football Taxi Squads (today usually called Practice Squad) were called Taxi Squads because Paul Brown used to get the players he cut jobs as taxi drivers so that they would still be in town in case any of the players on his roster got injured.

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie has the longest combined first and last name in NFL history.

You can not fold any piece of paper in half more than 7 times.

The only historical evidence of meat at the first Thanksgiving was venison.

Not in this house. Wing span exceeds height by 2" for each offspring. Mine is my height.

Knuckle draggers huh?

First novel ever written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer"

Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the 2nd Monday in October, and have done so since 1957.

 

This holiday in Canada can be traced back to 1578, and throughout the 1800's up until 1957 it was typically celebrated on a Thursday in either late October or early November.