HAPPY THANKSGIVING
TURKEY FACTS:
- The Average American consumes over 15 pounds of Turkey per year
- Americans consume over 675 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving Day
- The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds
- The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog
- A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat
- Wild turkeys can fly for short distances up to 55 miles per hour
- U.S. turkey growers produce nearly one turkey for every person in the country
- Forty-five million turkeys are eaten each Thanksgiving
- Male turkeys gobble, the female’s do not – they click
- Commercial raised turkeys cannot fly
- Turkeys can have heart attacks
- The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey is as a sandwich, in stew, chili or soup, casseroles and as a burger
- Eating turkey does not cause you to feel sleepy after your Thanksgiving dinner. Carbohydrates in your Thanksgiving dinner are the likely cause of your sleepiness
- There are three cities in the U.S. named after the Turkey in Texas, Lousiana, and North Carolina
- Turkeys can drown if they look up when it is raining
