Happy Thanksgiving! Ben Franklin thought the turkey should be the official bird of the U.S. Since 1970, turkey consumption as gone up 108%. The average weight of turkeys on the table for Thanksgiving is 15 pounds. A 15 pound turkey is about 70% light meat and 30% dark meat. A female turkey is called a hen and a male turkey is called a tom. A wild turkey can run at the speed of 20 miles per hour. It’s estimated that Americans eat 675 million...