Before 1941, the date of Thanksgiving wasn't proscribed by law, it was set by the President. During the depression, Roosevelt changed the date from the last Thursday of the month to the second-to-last Thursday, so that there would be an extra week of Xmas shopping. Except that opponents of Roosevelt refused to support him, and celebrated it on the last Thursday anyway.

Finally, he compromised with Congress, and they passed a law setting it on the 4th Thursday of November.

Huh. In'eresting.

Maybe the guy who told that to the coffee lady was a time traveler. Or had just gotten back from some long journey traveling close to the speed of light.

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Alf Landon, Roosevelt's Republican challenger in the 1936 election, called the declaration "another illustration of the confusion which [Roosevelt's] impulsiveness has caused so frequently during his administration. If the change has any merit at all, more time should have been taken working it out... instead of springing it upon an unprepared country with the omnipotence of a Hitler."

Wow. He actually Godwin'd FDR.

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Does double take.

Article on Stephen Colbert: [link]

He actually Godwin'd FDR.

In fairness, he was probably the first one. Seeing as Godwin hadn't even been born yet....

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Bottom-ranked school shoots to top after introducing Harry Potter-themed curriculum

During the most recent visit from Ofsted, the inspector witnessed a maths lesson where the children were motivated to learn about subtraction by pretending that it is a magic formula created by Harry Potter.

Pupils were not allowed to answer questions without first saying a spell - "numerus subtracticus", which they devised themselves.

I love Gracie pictures in the morning! This day might not turn out so badly after all!

Bottom-ranked school shoots to top after introducing Harry Potter-themed curriculum

After reading this sentence, I checked the link to see if it was from The Onion....