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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Apparently, most of what we think we know about today's Thanksgiving meal is wrong.

The pilgrim shared a harvest celebration with local Wampanoag Indians in 1621, at which they may have

eaten turkey, but it's more likely that goose or pigeon was served. Side dishes were eel and lobster,

since potatoes hadn't yet been planted in America, and cranberry sauce hadn't been invented.

We hear every year that eating turkey explains our post-meal nap because the meat contains a drowsiness-inducing

amino acid called triptophan.

It does, in fact, but so do all protein sources and even vegetables.

Turkey actually has less of this amino acid than chicken.

When it comes to carving a turkey, apparently most of us are doing that wrong as well.

And deep-frying a frozen turkey can be a very bad idea.

The National Fire Protection Association reports that deep friar fires cause an average of five deaths,

60 injuries, and more than $15 million in property damage each year.

Benjamin Franklin documented another wrong way to prepare a turkey.

He tried to electrocute one, believing that it would then become uncommonly tender. In fact,

he shocked himself instead, causing a universal blow through my whole body from head to foot.

If you're traveling this holiday, you are already experiencing

personally what the TSA is estimating. 20 million passengers will fly between November 19th and

November 28th, about 2 million people a day. The Auto Club AAA predicts that 48.3 million people

will travel at least 50 miles from their home over the Thanksgiving holiday.

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