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Sources: History.com, CNN.com, Facts.RandomHistory.com, National Turkey Federation,
Guiness Book of World Records, MSN.com, US Census Bureau Fast Facts, National
Association of Home Builders.
1947
165o
F
242
million
16lb
6,500
1
3,699 lb
When the tradition of
pardoning Thanksgiving
turkeys began.
Temperature ALL parts
of the turkey should
reach before serving.
World record for fastest time
to carve a turkey set by Paul
Kelly in Essex, UK, on 6.3.2009.
Turkey was the first meal enjoyed
by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
when they were on the moon.
Turkeys
forecasted
to be raised
in the United
States in 2014.
Weight of the largest
pumpkin pie on record.
The pie was made by New Bremen Giant
Pumpkin Growers in New Bremen, Ohio on
9.25.2010. The diameter of the pie was 20 ft.
Occupied housing
units in the US -
all potential
stops for
Thanksgiving
dinner.
Average number
of residential
fires on
Thanksgiving
day. This is
double the
usual rate
and most
are cooking-related.
National median monthly mortgage
payment (as of 2010). Households in the South and Midwest
may have the most money leftover for buying the turkey.
Single-family building
permits issued (in 2013).
That’s over 620,000 new locations for
Thanksgiving dinner.
The youngest median home age
is found in the Mountain region.
Weight of the pumpkins grown
in the top-producing US states:
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
New York
In 2013 the first day
of Hanukkah and
Thanksgiving occurred on the
same date for the first time since 1888.
Scientists say the confluence won’t happen
again for 70,000 years.
Distance of the
average Thanksgiving
road trip.
Weight of the average
turkey purchased for
Thanksgiving.
1.1billion lb
24.5
million
70,000years
3min
19.47sec
151
million
Number of members of the
Wampanoag tribe in the U.S.
(as of 2010). The Wampanoag were essential to the
survival of the colonists during the newcomers’ first
year and were at the first Thanksgiving.
Number of U.S. residents of English
ancestry (as of 2013). Some could very
well be descendants of the Plymouth
colonists who participated in the
first Thanksgiving.
2,000
$999
Annual
taxes
paid per
$1,000 of
home value (as of 2010).
In some municipalities,
those taxes may help
fund the local
Thanksgiving parade.
$11
1960
1976
1986
214
miles
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$1,200
$895
$840
$1,243
620.8K
The median year US houses were built
(as of 2010). Looks like houses in the Middle
Atlantic region have seen 26 more
Thanksgivings than homes in the
Mountain region.
The oldest median home age is
found in the Middle Atlantic region.
Regional median
monthly mortgage
payments
Number of U.S.
households in 2013
consisting of three
or more generations.
They’ll have
to purchase
a lot of food
to feed all
the family members
sitting around the
Thanksgiving table.
4.4million