This Week I Learned   /     Ep. 75: This week I learned America really struggled to pin down a date for Thanksgiving, and more

Description

America's Thanksgiving indecision | The long history of the wishbone | Your gluten-less gluten sensitivity | A primer on naming countries

Subtitle
America's Thanksgiving indecision | The long history of the wishbone | Your gluten-less gluten sensitivity | A primer on naming countries
Duration
00:16:54
Publishing date
2017-11-24 05:36
Link
http://thisweekilearned/fa55631d
Contributors
  Lauren Hansen
author  
Enclosures
https://audio.simplecast.com/2e76b2d2.mp3
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Shownotes

This week I learned about the time America celebrate Thanksgiving twice in one year, where the wishbone tradition comes from, that gluten may not be to blame for your gluten sensitivity, and that country names aren’t at all original.

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