German settlers brought the custom to America

Every February 2nd, a small ceremony takes place in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. 

A crowd will gather to see if a rodent can see its shadow. The results of said shadow seeing are supposed to have implications for the long-term weather forecast. 

If all of that sounds a bit absurd, you are not wrong. 

… and then there is also a movie about it that really has nothing to do with groundhogs.

Learn far more about Groundhog Day than you ever really needed to know on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily

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