Americans feast on 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving....According the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the United States at Thanksgiving. That number represents one sixth of all the turkeys sold in the U.S. each year!
Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird...Domesticated turkeys cannot fly, however wild turkeys can fly up to 55 miles per hour over short distances...Only male (tom) turkeys gobble. Females make a clicking noise. The famous gobble is actually a seasonal mating call
The Turkey Trot, a ballroom dance in the 1900s, was named for the short, jerky steps of the turkey. It became popular mainly because it was denounced by the Vatican as "suggestive."...Turkeys are known to spend the night in trees! (Maybe to escape the Thanksgiving table?)
Turkeys can drown if they look up when it's raining!...A turkey's field of vision is 270 degrees--one of the main reasons they're able to elude some hunters...The average person consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day. Now that's a lot of turkey! (Source:1-800-Flowers)
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