thanksgiving facts
Hope everyone feasted to oblivion…I know my multiple meals of pumpkin pie alone will haunt me in the bikini months.
In case you were curious, here are a few Thanksgiving facts I stumbled upon:
- Americans feast on 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving.
- Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird.
- Only male (tom) turkeys gobble. Females make a clicking noise. The famous gobble is actually a seasonal mating call.
- Congress did not declare Thanksgiving a national holiday until 1941.
- The average person consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day. (Now that’s a lot of turkey!)
- On the West Coast of the US, Dungeness crab is common as an alternate main dish instead of turkey, as crab season starts in early November.
- Twenty percent of cranberries eaten are eaten on Thanksgiving.
there are many more, if you’re curious, a little Google search can provide the rest.
