Turkey Fun Facts

◆ Turkey quite possibly didnt feature on the first Thanksgiving menu. The records point more towards a duck or a goose.

◆ Turkeys can get a heart attack. This was discovered when the US Air Force were testing breaking the sound barrier and the huge boom ended up with a field of turkeys dead from fright.

◆ Black Friday is the busiest day of the year for plumbers. Guess why.

◆ Benjamin Franklin wanted turkey to become US national animal. He thought the eagle had a “bad moral character”.

◆ Because of the very harsh conditions during that first year of 1621， many historians believe that only 5 Pilgrim women （out of the 50 Pilgrims in total） were present at the Thanksgiving feast—thats probably how many have survived.

◆ A wild turkey， when scared， can run 20 mph （32 kph）.

◆ After a stroll on the Moon， the first meal Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin enjoyed was roast turkey （in a foil packet， but still）.