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Today, President Obama pardoned a turkey. It is part of a Thanksgiving tradition in which one lucky bird gets pardoned and gets to live out its days in a children’s zoo. Which president formalized the turkey pardoning ceremony from which the modern-day tradition arises?
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Answer: George H.W. Bush. Read about the strange tradition here.