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[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 17 points 1 week ago (8 children)

If Columbo day is the same day as Canadian Thanksgiving, what are the Americans celebrating on US Thanksgiving?

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

An absolutely crazy and true factoid from wikipedia:

[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

yes, the world needs more Genesis P-Orridge, I think that is a universal understanding

[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That scene in Adams Family Values where Wednesday burns the pilgrim's village to the ground.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm so happy they kept the pilgrim theme for the Wednesday show.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Eating, and American football.

[–] Krinkil2705@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Don't forget the discounts too!

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 1 week ago

Speak for yourself. I'll be damned if I celebrate sportsball.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Columo never discovered what is nowadays the USA, he discovered Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic. They have a Colombo Statue with all the reasons.

The first people in the Amerikas are Mongols over the Bering Strait and people from Indonesia, later Wikingos, maybe also Chinese people, all long time before Colombo.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Bro wasn't even the first European, the Norse beat him to it around the time Basil II was still alive

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some pilgrims at some point shared a meal with Native Americans to my understanding (I'm not from there).

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Thats what we tell the kids, in reality it the holiday was invented centuries later as part of a national project.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_First_Thanksgiving

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

That sounds about white.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

Serious answer: giving thanks.