Thanksgiving Facts

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  1. 1. America's second-favorite holiday
  2. 3. Native Americans used these for food, medicine, and dye
  3. 7. The name for the English Tradition that may have been the first Thanksgiving
  4. 9. The Native American tribes that inhabited the East Coast of the US
  5. 12. This state has 600 turkey farms
  6. 13. They are busiest on the day after Thanksgiving
  7. 16. The first Thanksgiving meal in space was eaten aboard this space station
  8. 18. The president that first pardoned a turkey
  9. 20. People love these more than Thanksgiving dinner
  10. 21. Originally a Thanksgiving song
  11. 22. The sound a male turkey makes
  12. 23. Inventor of the giant balloons
  13. 25. The type of pie Americans love most
  14. 28. This NFL team began its tradition of hosting a game on Thanksgiving in 1934
  15. 30. High winds made it hard to control this balloon in 1993
  16. 31. The largest pumpkin pie ever was made here
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  1. 2. One of the other "Thanksgivings" that the Native Americans celebrated before the Pilgrims arrived
  2. 4. This president made pardoning the turkey a formal tradition
  3. 5. The first national day of thanksgiving in America was established to celebrate a victory over the British in this battle:
  4. 6. One of the four states where you can find a town named, "Turkey"
  5. 8. Around 1,000 of these holiday races take place around the country on the morning of Thanksgiving
  6. 10. This Turkey Talk-Line answers more than 100,000 turkey-cooking questions
  7. 11. The sound a female turkey makes
  8. 14. 3.5 million people attend this parade in person
  9. 15. This treaty between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans lasted for about 50 years
  10. 17. One of the four states where you can find a town named, "Turkey"
  11. 19. The president who refused to recognize Thanksgiving
  12. 24. The state that produces 236 million pounds of turkey annually
  13. 26. This movie was the biggest Thanksgiving movie opening of all time
  14. 27. This president started the tradition
  15. 29. Ancient Romans believed this could predict the future