Turkey Facts

Interesting Trivia About The Big Turkey Day

According to the U.S, Department of Agriculture, more than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at Thanksgiving.

Age is a determining factor in taste. Old, large males are preferable to young toms (males) as tom meat is stringy. The opposite is true for females"old hens are tougher birds.

Turkeys are the only breed of poultry native to the Western Hemisphere.

Domesticated turkeys cannot fly. Wild turkeys; however, can fly for short distances at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. They can also reach speeds of 25 miles per hour on the ground.

Turkeys sometimes spend the night in trees.

Turkeys can have heart attacks; turkeys in fields near the Air Force test areas over which the sound barrier was broken were known to drop dead from the shock of passing jets.

The ballroom dance known as the Turkey Trot was named for the short, jerky steps a turkey makes.

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