This Week I Learned

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

Episode Summary

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

Episode Notes

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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