What do you know about shrimp? There is a national day for just about everything under the sun, but I bet there isn't much on the National Day list that is as versatile as shrimp. And I'm betting even though as a South Texan you might be familiar with shrimp, there are some things about shrimp that you didn't know. I'm here to help with that. We've got five things to know about shrimp that might surprise you. Just a quick side note first, I used to love shrimp. I used to love shrimp. I'm talking Bubba Blue love shrimp, just like his character's famous line from Forrest Gump I loved to eat shrimp any and every way. "