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Thanksgiving Week Is Here
Soon this will be in your belly. ©iStockphoto.com/MentalArt
This is it, people. Only a few days left until the big T-day. To get you in the mood, here are some fun facts from Factcheck.org, a site from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.
- Minnesota is expected to be the top turkey-producing state in 2009, raising 45.5 million of the Thanksgiving bird.
- Of the 709 million pounds of cranberries estimated to be produced in the U.S. in 2009, 400 million pounds will come from Wisconsin.
- The 2009 forecast for turkey sale receipts to farmers is $3.8 billion.
You can learn more, both Thanksgiving and non-Thanksgiving-related nuggets of information, from the site's Fact of the Day feature.
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