🦃 Stat of the Day: Those traveling this Thanksgiving may end up fighting their way through crowds like Chris Hemsworth in Extraction 2. A record 79.9 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home during the period between Tuesday, November 26 and Monday, December 2, according to estimates from AAA. That figure is 1.7 million more people compared to last year, and 2 million more than in 2019. The transpo breakdown: 71.7 million Americans are expected to travel by car, 5.84 million by air (within the US), and 2.3 million by bus, train, etc. For those driving – here are the best and worst times to leave each day, according to data from transportation analytics firm Inrix. And beware of bad roads: forecasters are calling for rough weather across the US this week, with rain and/or snow on the radar for California, the Midwest, and the Great Lakes region.

Meanwhile, the TSA expects to screen a record 18.3 million airline passengers over the same time frame, up 6% year over year. International flight bookings are up 23% compared to last Thanksgiving.

🤔 Did You Know? Actor Danny Trejo holds the record for most on-screen character deaths across movies and TV shows, at 91.

📰 Worth a Read: At 17, he bought a sandwich shop for $125,000 – he renamed it Jersey Mike’s and just sold it for $8 billion → (CNBC)