A Social Function

• 35 Thoughtful Questions to Ask at Thanksgiving Dinner
• 12 Pieces of 100-Year-Old Advice for Dealing with Your In-Laws
• This Thanksgiving Pass the Stuffing — And Don’t Pass on the Discussion of Social Issues
• Solving the Riddle of What to Drink on Thanksgiving
• New York Today: What Are You Thankful For…

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Let’s Talk Turkey

• The Dreaded ‘Turkey Drop’: Here’s Why Couples Break up around Thanksgiving
• Here’s the Deal with All Those Turkeys Terrorizing the Suburbs
• Meet the Turkey’s Glamorous Mexican Cousin
• How to Win the Wishbone Wish
• Why Do U.S. Presidents Pardon Turkeys, Anyway?
• 25 Things You Didn’t Know about Turkeys

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Worth the Weight?

• #WeirdThanks…itions Is the Holiday Hashtag You Never Knew You Needed
• The Most-Googled Thanksgiving Pies and Sides in Every State
• The Cranberry: America’s Founding Fruit
• The Pawpaw: The All-American Fruit the Country Forgot
• U.S. Pumpkin Growers Toast Nontraditional Demand for Frui…

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Thanks for the Clarification

• Most Everything You Learned about Thanksgiving Is Wrong
• A Few Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Thanksgiving
• The True Story Behind Plymouth Rock
• Thanksgiving Is an Annual Reminder of America’s Refugee Origins
• At Thanksgiving, the Search for a Black Pilgrim Among Plym…

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Squirrel World News

• 10 Things You Don’t Know about Chipmunks
• How Does a Red Squirrel Cross the Road? French Local Authority Thinks It Has the Answer
• Fall Is for Squirrels
• Medieval Love of Squirrel Fur May Have Helped Spread Leprosy, Study Reveals
• Bolve Like a Stag
• Bison Comeback Story Has Bronx Accen…

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Clearing up Fall Food

• Sweet Potato or Yam?
• Pumpkins Versus Gourds
• Elephants Vs. Giant Pumpkins
• The Elephants of the Oregon Zoo Gleefully Squish Some Giant Pumpkins to Celebrate the Fall Season
• How Do You Breed a 2,624 Pound Pumpkin?
• Pumpkins Evolved from a Literal Genetic (Monster) Mash-Up
• The Great Pumpkin-Pie Consp…

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Tongues, Toes, & Videos

• Scientist Finally Figures Out Why Holes Feel Larger with Your Tongue Than with Your Finger
• Surprise, Your Pinky Toe Does Serve a Purpose
• How Long Can a Person Safely Hang Upside Down?
• How Long to Nap for the Biggest Benefits
• Does Self-Control Deplete over the Course of the Day? Maybe Not, Says New Stud…

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Halloween Creep

• After 20 Years, No One Knows How Someone Put a Pumpkin on Cornell’s 173-Foot Spire
• The Fiery Halloween Tradition That Gave Us Bobbing for Apples
• 50 Sweet Facts about Your Favorite Halloween Candies
• Schools Cracking down on ‘Unacceptable’ Halloween Costumes
• Top Halloween Costumes to Avoid This Yea…

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Fall Fun

• Canada Completes World’s Longest Hiking/Biking and Paddling Trail – 14,000 Miles’ Worth
• Journey Across 7 Countries on the World’s Newest Long-Distance Trail
• The Best Things to Do in October Across the U.S
• The Best Places to Travel in October
• 14 Fall Road Trips for Se…

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A Needle and a Haystack

• Japanese Rice Paddy Art
• Gorgeously Detailed Artistic Masterpieces Grown out of Rice Paddies in Inakadate, Japan
• Giant Straw Animals Invade Japanese Fields after Rice Harvest
• Incredible Animal Sculptures Made out of Rice Straw for the 2017 Wara Art Festival in Northern Japan
• Wara Art Festival 2017 Tim…

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