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The average American eats 2,000,000 cubic tonnes of turkey
There is no record for the maximum weight of a turkey purchased for Thanksgiving. There largest turkey on record weighed 86 pounds and was auctioned off at a charity auction. The average turkey sold for Thanksgiving weighs 15 pounds.
To determine how long it would take for a person in the United States to eat 1,120 pounds of turkey, we first need to consider the average turkey consumption per person. As of recent statistics, the average American consumes about 16 pounds of turkey annually. Dividing 1,120 pounds by 16 pounds per year results in approximately 70 years for a person to eat that amount of turkey.
According to the National Turkey Federation, the average weight of turkeys purchased for Thanksgiving is 15 pounds, which means some 690 million pounds of turkey were consumed in the U.S. during Thanksgiving in 2007.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the typical American consumed 13.4 pounds (6.1 kilograms) of turkey in 2004. In that same year, the typical American ate 4.7 pounds (2.1 kilograms) of sweet potatoes.
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The adult male of the Eastern Turkey, a wild turkey in North America, weighs 12 to 20 pounds on average.
You need one big enough to feed all your guests.
A 15 pound turkey will eat 5 pounds of food per week
Just Christians celelbrate it as "Christmas" in Turkey.Also Turkey has no special vacation for Christmas.
Only Christians in turkey celebrate christmas.