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Fri. 11/18 - Giant Turkey Legs, The Quintessential American Snack


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What’s the deal with those giant turkey legs they serve at renaissance fairs and Disney World? Plus, Coors Light has just launched a color-changing nail polish that lets you know when your beer is cold enough to drink. And Cambridge Dictionary’s perplexing choice of a word of the year that most Brits have never heard of.

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  • Links:

    Meaty-oric Rise: How Renaissance Fairs and Disney Parks Catapulted the Turkey Leg to Greatness (Mental Floss)
  • Are bones discovered under an Exeter street from the first turkey dinner in England? (ScienceDaily, 2017)
  • Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon by Cindy Ott 
  • Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes
  • Coors Light's new nail polish changes color if your beer is cold enough to drink (CNN)
  • Coors Light's New Nail Polish Changes Color When Your Glass of Beer Is Cold (Food & Wine)
  • Topo Chico Will Debut Their First-Ever EP Supporting Indie Artists (Magnetic Magazine)
  • The Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2022 (Cambridge Dictionary)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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