Turkey Trivia!

¨The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.
¨The first Thanksgiving took place in the fall of 1621.
¨The Pilgrims didn't use forks.
¨Only about one-third of the original colonists were Puritans.
¨In 1941, Congress passed a proclamation naming Thanksgiving a legal holiday to be observed on the fourth Thursday in November.
¨The Mayflower's crossing took 66 days.
¨Evidence indicates that turkeys have been around for more than 10 million years.
¨Turkey eggs hatch in 28 days.
¨A baby turkey is called a "poult."
¨A mature turkey has about 3,500 feathers.
¨More than 45 million turkeys are consumed during Thanksgiving.
¨The typical 15-pound turkey is 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.
¨The Pilgrims never celebrated a second Thanksgiving.
¨A male turkey is called a "Tom." A female turkey is called a "hen."
¨The Mayflower was a merchant vessel. Before transporting the Pilgrims, the ship was in the wine trade, and before that, in the fish trade.
¨The "caruncle" is the reddish, fleshy growth on the head and upper neck of a turkey. The red, fleshy growth from the base of a turkey's beak that hangs down over the neck is called the "snood."
¨Ninety-five percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.


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