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Are you a vegetarian, or maybe just an animal lover? This organization gives you a chance to rescue a turkey from its "thankless fate at the dinner table."

DID YOU KNOW?

The Hawaiian way to say thank you is “mahalo.”

SAY WHAT?

The original Macy’s Parade was on Christmas Day in 1924 and featured animals from the Central Park Zoo.

BY THE NUMBERS

45 = Number of people Jon Landau thanked after winning the Oscar for Best Picture for Titanic in 1998.

QUICK TIP

Frozen turkeys need one day per five pounds to defrost.

THE DAY AFTER

Black Friday, the day when bargain hunters and fanatical holiday shoppers hit the stores to battle over gifts.

NOVEMBER IS

National Beard Month

QUOTABLE

”Dear Lord baby Jesus, we thank you so much for this bountiful harvest of Dominos, KFC, and the always delicious Taco Bell. I just want to take time to say thank you for my family: my two sons, Walker and Texas Ranger, or TR as we call him, and, of course my red-hot smokin' wife Carley, who is a stone cold fox.”

- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

QUOTE/UNQUOTE

"November is when we eat turkey, and Sweet November is pretty much a fat, juicy gobbler passed off as Valentine¹s Day date bait."

--USA Today review of Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron's movie, Sweet November

DID YOU KNOW?

Anglo-Saxons called November "Wind monath" because it was when seasons changed and the cold winds began to blow, and "Blod monath" because it was the time when animals were slaughtered and prepared to feed people through winter.

LOOK IT UP

Every Thanksgiving, the President pardons two turkeys. Names for the lucky birds are chosen on the White House Web site. Previous names include...

2006 Flyer & Fryer
2005 Marshmallow and Yam
2004 Biscuit and Gravy

BY THE NUMBERS

4 lbs., 12.8 oz. = Amount of roast turkey eaten by Patrick Bertoletti in 12 minutes on Nov. 22, 2006 at the IFOCE's Thanksgiving Invitational.