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The weight of the heaviest turkey ever recorded

86 Pounds, named Tyson

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The meaning of "cornucopia"

Horn of plenty in Latin

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The first video game character in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Sonic the Hedgehog

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This president wanted the turkey to be the national bird

Benjamin Franklin

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The year "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" was made

1973

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The skin that hangs off a turkey's beak 

A snood

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The country that celebrates Thanksgiving the second Monday in October

Canada

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The year of the first Thanksgiving Day Parade

1924

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This Native American was honored at the first Thanksgiving

Squanto, interpreter and guide to the new settlers 

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This Christmas song was originally a Thanksgiving song

Jingle Bells 

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The color of turkey eggs

Tan

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The most consumed kind of pie on Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Pie (50 million are consumed)

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The number of miles the Thanksgiving Day Parade consists

2.5 miles 

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The first US President that pardoned a turkey

John F Kennedy 

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The year "Black Friday" got its nickname

1951, in the journal, Factory Management and Maintenance

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The name of a male turkey

Tom or gobbler

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The number of calories the average person eats on Thanksgiving

4,500

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The person(s) that appear at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Santa and Mrs. Claus 

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The US President that proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863

Abraham Lincoln

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The year "Cyber Monday" was coined

2005

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The number of turkeys consumed in the US on Thanksgiving

46 million 

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The bird served at at the first Thanksgiving

Goose or duck

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The number of minutes it takes to inflate each of the balloons 

Each large balloon needs about 90 minutes to be inflated

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The place of the first Thanksgiving

Plymoth, Massachusetts 

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The weight of the heaviest pumpkin ever recorded

3,699 pounds

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