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Thanksgiving Week Is Here

Posted by Erin Zimmer, November 23, 2009 at 7:30 AM

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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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