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Why do we eat Turkey at Thanksgiving?

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October 6, 2015

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The #etymology & origin of the #Turkey, and what its history tells us about #Thanksgiving, colonialism, globalization, and guinea pigs!

A correction: "kalkoen" is associated with the trading city Calicut, in Kerala rather than Calcutta.

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