Happy Thanksgiving! Ben Franklin thought the turkey should be the official bird of the U.S. Since 1970, turkey consumption as gone up 108%. The average weight of turkeys on the table for Thanksgiving is 15 pounds. A 15 pound turkey is about 70% light meat and 30% dark meat. A female turkey is called a hen and a male turkey is called a tom. A wild turkey can run at the speed of 20 miles per hour. It’s estimated that Americans eat 675... 

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Thanksgiving is one week from today. Before you start thinking about everything you’re going to eat, take a moment to review what Thanksgiving is really all about. Before there were frozen turkeys, football, and cool-whip, there were Pilgrims and Indians. Without them, we wouldn’t get to stuff ourselves silly once a year and have a four day weekend. Perhaps we should give thanks to them. *The English colonists we call Pilgrims... 

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Thanksgiving is three weeks from today. Now is the time to bring out the comfy pants and prepare them for a stretching. Now is also the time to start thinking about what you’re thankful for. Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is actually a time to give thanks and not just the day you eat until you pop and fall asleep on the couch with your mouth open. So it’s in the true spirit of Thanksgiving that I mention a few of the things... 

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