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The Strange Truth Behind Presidential Turkey Pardons

By Domenico Montanaro Nov 25, 2015, 6:03 am72 pts
Presidents have been pardoning turkeys for decades. But why? They used to eat them, actually. The history of the tradition is an odd and sad tale with lots of myths.

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