12 Turkey Facts for Thanksgiving | Happy Turkey Day
- Turkeys can run at speeds upwards of 20 miles per hour.
- Baby Turkeys are called poults.
- Most domestic turkeys (the kind you eat on Thanksgiving) are too fat to fly.
- The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.
- The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds.
- Only male turkeys gobble. Hens make a clucking noise.
- Turkeys have roamed the Americas for over 10 million years.
- 91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
- When the United States Air Force started breaking the sound barrier nearby turkeys where dropped dead of heart attacks. Yes, Turkeys have heart attacks.
- Only half of Americans put the stuffing inside the Turkey on Thanksgiving.
- Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey.
- Turkeys are actually a type of pheasant.