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

Thanksgiving food facts in numbers:

• 690 million pounds of cranberries are expected to be produced in 2007
• 1.6 billion pounds of sweet potatoes are grown each year
• 1 billion pounds of pumpkins were produced in 2006, Illinois produced the most
• 1.8 billion bushels of wheat are produced which are needed for all of those rolls, breads, and pie crusts!