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Fun facts about Punxsutawney Phil - best non-human meterologist this side of the planet
The groundhog’s name is Punxsutawney Phil. He was named after the first official Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Philadelphia. The groundhog also has several other names: Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Prophet Extraordinary.
It is rumored that Phil is more than 100 years old. The townspeople claim that he has outlived most mammot’s normal lifespan thanks to his wife Phillis and a steady diet of Groundhog Punch.
For the better part of the year, Phil lives in a climate-controlled home at the Punxsutawney Library. On his big day he is taken to Gobbler’s Knob and placed in a heated burrow underneath a simulated tree stump on stage before being pulled out at 7:25 am to make his prediction.
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