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Happy November! Thanksgiving is officially on deck as our next holiday, and with it: awkward family dinners! To help, we're bringing you 15 surprising facts about turkey, so you have something to say to your uncle as he stuffs his face. We know you, though. You're like us -- you need a spoonful of sugar with your medicine. We're happy to oblige with some eye candy, while you learn.

Thanksgiving is not far off, and it's about time to start thinking about the guest list for this year's Turkey dinner. More than any other holiday, Thanksgiving brings together extended families. And with that comes the requisite complaints about crazy uncles and in-laws. But are those familial ties really that hard to deal with?

Happy Thanksgiving folks, Well it's finally here the day when we all eat way too much food, watch way to much football and enjoy or family and friends. So I am assuming you have cooked a huge Thanksgiving feast so you took care of the first "F", there is football starting at 11:30 am with three games today Detroit and Green Bay in the early game then the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins

It use to be that you cooked your turkey in the oven for a good day or day in a half and the house smelled so good and then you sat down for a great Thanksgiving feast. But lately the crazy has been frying your turkey the day of Thanksgiving and trying not to burn down the house.

Sometimes it gets lost in all the traveling and stuffing and football, but the point of Thanksgiving is to acknowledge the things you’re thankful for from the past year. According to a new poll from Harris Interactive of 2,463 adults, only 32 percent will have more to be thankful for this Thanksgiving than they have in the previous few Thanksgivings.

For many of us, Thanksgiving means gathering with family and enjoying time-tested recipes — Dad’s famous mashed potatoes, your brother’s homemade cranberry sauce, or Grandma’s pumpkin pie. While the food itself may be wonderful, there’s a psychological component to eating the same things every year that benefits the human mind.

Saul Loeb/Mike Sprague, AFP/Getty Images As holidays go, Thanksgiving sure has its share of odd traditions. Live parades with lip-synched musical numbers! Mincemeat pies and Jell-O molds! Grandma Ruthie removing her dentures at the dinner table ...