10 fun facts about Turkey Day - CBS46 News  10 fun facts about
Turkey Day  Posted: Updated:   Here's 10 to get you started. We
bet you they'll eat them up!  1. A tradition is born: TV dinners
have Thanksgiving to thank. In 1953, someone at Swanson
misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that
Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS! Some industrious soul came up with a
brilliant plan: Why not slice up the meat and repackage with
some trimmings on the side?Thus, the first TV dinner was born!
2. Going shopping?: Not if you're a plumber. Black Friday is the
busiest day of the year for them, according to Roto-Rooter, the
nation's largest plumbing service. After all, someone has to
clean up after household guests who "overwhelm the system."  3.
This land is my land: There are four places in the U.S. named
Turkey. Louisiana's Turkey Creek is the most populous, with a
whopping 440 residents. There's also Turkey, Texas; Turkey,
North Carolina; and Turkey Creek, Arizona. Oh, let's not forget
the two townships in Penns