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This year, we're expected to eat 46 million turkeys on Thanksgiving, which accounts for 88% of the turkeys sold each year. The expected price for all these Thanksgiving birds: $1.28 billion.
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
Galliformes / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
There's a lot you may not know about Turkey Day! Check out these Thanksgiving trivia facts to learn all about the history of the holiday. 50 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Thanksgiving
Turkey has a large range of habitat types and a great faunal diversity. Nearly 1,500 vertebrate species were recorded, of which over 100 species, mostly fish, are endemic . The country is on two major routes used by migratory birds which increase in numbers during spring and autumn.
Holiday staples include delicious foods like honey-baked ham, roasted beef tenderloin, and one of the most iconic holiday foods of them all: turkey.
East Thrace, the European portion of Turkey comprises 3% [2] of the landmass but over 15% [2] of the population. East Thrace is separated from Asia Minor, the Asian portion of Turkey, by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles. [3] İskilip, Çorum province, is considered to be the geographical center of Earth. [4]
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