By: Allan Guo
- The first Thanksgiving was originally 3 days.
- In 2012, 254 million turkeys were raised in the United States.
- Turkey was the first meal eaten on the Moon.
- Ben Franklin originally proclaimed that the turkey be the national bird of the United States.
- Only 88% of people eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
- Turducken is a chicken in a duck in a turkey eaten on Thanksgiving.
- Americans alone eat about 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving.
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