Thanksgiving facts: turkeys twice as much as they weighed decades ago

429 views · Published 21 November 2018 · 0:41 · Indexed 1 October 2026

Channel: New China TV · 2018 · News & Politics

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An interesting fact is that the average turkey today weighs around 30.5 pounds, almost twice as much as it weighed in the 1960s. American turkey farmers started breeding birds for their size and speed of growth in the 1950s.

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