(1) What is the purpose of Groundhog Day?

(2) Today, February 2, is Groundhog Day.

(3) Groundhog Day is every February 2.

(4) This may sound like Groundhog Day meets Afterschool Special, but it's actually a subtle, layered and ultimately ethical book.

(5) Groundhog Day Blizzard: $2 billion in damage after a massive winter storm dumped snow across the central, eastern and northeastern sections of the country.

(6) The first celebrants of Groundhog Day were Pennsylvania Dutch who used the holiday as an excuse to get together and party.

(7) So Groundhog Day makes a good yearly spur to ask: "What would my perfect day be?" It might be easier than you think to arrange it.

(8) Groundhog Day comes around every year on Feb. 2 and marks a pivotal day in the transition from winter to spring.

(9) Today it's celebrated all across the country, though its largest gathering takes place in Punxsutawney, Pa., also the location of the 1993 Bill Murray classic, "Groundhog Day."

(10) After "Groundhog Day" came out, the crowds in Punxsutawney grew to the tens of thousands, who thronged to catch a glimpse of Punxsutawney Phil, the famed groundhog, as he makes his prediction.

(11) Hook: Groundhog Day meets Inception, when a government agent finds himself traversing the same time loop over and over — in someone else's body.

(12) My associations with this quasi-holiday are less about a groundhog's prediction about the beginning of spring, and more about the movie Groundhog Day.

(13) Are you ready to amaze your friends with some Groundhog Day trivia?

(14) Feb. 2 is fast approaching. Are you ready to amaze your friends with some Groundhog Day trivia?

(15) According to National Climatic Data Center, Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous of all the Groundhog Day groundhogs, isn't very good at his job, having picked correctly only 39 percent of the time.

(16) Here are six things most people don't know about Groundhog Day.

(17) Chew on this: animal-rights group PETA says life in captivity is too stressful for groundhogs, which should thus be excused from Groundhog Day festivities.

(18) The Government lost the vote then and it can expect a Groundhog Day next time.

(19) The groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania to see his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter weather according to those who believe in Groundhog Day predictions.

(20) And when they haven't been made into a horror movie, they've already been made into something else (like Independence Day or Groundhog Day).

(21) Murray's movie did a lot to raise general awareness of this fantastic holiday, but I bet there are a lot of things about Groundhog Day that you probably don't know.