* 46 million turkeys are eaten during Thanksgiving each year. (source: History.com)
* Americans spent $14.2 billion on Thanksgiving and Black Friday in 2013.
* About 50 million Americans travel 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. (source: AAA)
* The average American household spends $54.18 on Thanksgiving dinner.
* The U.S. produces an average of 735 million pounds of cranberries annually, 435 million of which come from Wisconsin. (source: United States Department of Agriculture)
* The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the busiest single day of travel with 37 percent of travelers departing for their trips.
* The average weight of pumpkins is between 6 and 18 pounds.
* The U.S. produces around 5 billion pounds of pumpkins each year.
* The average weight of turkeys purchased for Thanksgiving meals is 16 pounds.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
