SOME HANKSGIVING FACTOIDS:

• A male turkey is a Tom.

• Most domestic turkeys have difficulty flying. Hanks starred in Apollo 13, about a spaceship that had trouble flying.

• There is a Pilgrim Museum in Concord, MA. Tom Hanks was born in Concord, CA.

• Ben Franklin wanted the turkey as our national bird because it was honest and respectable. Forbes magazine ranked Tom Hanks as the most trusted celebrity.

• In Grenada, Thanksgiving Day celebrates the 1983 US-led invasion of the island. Tom Hanks starred in Saving Private Ryan, about a US-led invasion in which he is seen throwing a grenade. Uh.

• You can’t spell Thanksgiving without T.Hanks!

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