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Thanksgiving links

Thanksgiving miscellany: Mark Twain, science, WKRP, Cicero and the best turkey fryer PSA ever.

10 Thanksgiving Words With Bizarre Origins.

For the kids, a virtual field trip to the first Thanksgiving.​

Buffy Thanksgiving episode: “Ritual sacrifice, with pie.”

Christopher Walken and John Madden: The First Thanksgiving.

In 1939, the U.S. celebrated Democrat Thanksgiving and Republican Thanksgiving.

A bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a pig: the TurBacon Epic.

What’s a Wishbone, and Why Do We Crack It? Related, Tyrannosaurus Rex Had a Wishbone.

This Man Made the First Canned Cranberry Sauce.

Benjamin Franklin’s account of the First Thanksgiving.

How Much Stuffing Would It Take to Stuff Your House Like A Turkey?

8 Thanksgiving Flowcharts.

How Turkey Got Its Name.

Why Do The Lions & Cowboys Always Play On Thanksgiving?

For those of us born between the 22nd and 28th and have always wondered, here’s how it works: Thanksgiving Birthday Pattern.

Thanksgiving in 1810, 1910, and 2010.

Dave Barry Thanksgiving columns from 199619982004… feel free to add more in the comments.

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