It's hard to believe, but the 2009 edition of the World Almanac and Book of Facts is now on sale — you should be able to find it wherever books are sold, online or in the "real world."

Got a copy already? Curl up after Thanksgiving dinner and browse some of this year's new features, from election results to Olympic records to updated "World at a Glance" pages.

Don't have a copy yet? Grab one tomorrow, to keep you company in those Black Friday check-out lines...

And in the meantime, take a moment to peruse some Thanksgiving facts from past years:

Does Thanksgiving Breach the First Amendment?
Talking Turkey
The Origins of Thanksgiving

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