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8 | r e d f c u.o r g Leave the politics and celebrity gossip for another time. Impress your guests at the anksgiving Day dinner table with some interesting trivia about this special holiday. To get you started, we've lined up 10 pieces of tantalizing tid-bits about the dinner menu, a little anksgiving history, and of course, football. 1 e average American will eat about 3,000 calories at anksgiving dinner, but add in nibbling and drinks and that count climbs to around 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat, according to the Calorie Control Council. If you are the cook, you will likely burn 700 calories when preparing the meal – from start to finish, according to Eating Well. at's a pretty good payoff for being in the kitchen all day. 2 Talking Turkey – Americans consume 736 million pounds of turkey on anksgiving Day alone – about the weight of the Empire State Building. But wait, according to the National Turkey Federation, only 88% of Americans have turkey on anksgiving. What are the other 12% eating? 3 Here's a trivia question that combines Turkey and NASA. On Christmas Eve 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission, the astronauts opened their meal packages to find thermo-stabilized turkey with gravy and cranberry sauce. Oops! Wrong holiday. 4 Gobble, Gobble…if you hear that sound coming from your turkey, it's alive and it's a male! Only male turkeys actually gobble and are (surprisingly) called Gobblers. 5 If you are a little unsure about cooking the turkey, there's help. ere is a Butterball Turkey Talk-Line open for anyone who has a question about cooking (baking, roasting, frying, brining, smoking, microwaving) a turkey. Call the hotline – 1-800-Butterball – and talk to a professionally-trained, college-educated home economist. 6 Today, anksgiving and football seem to go together. e Detroit Lions played football on anksgiving Day for the first time in 1934. Since that time, the Lions have played a game every anksgiving – except during WWII. 7 In 2022, a feast for 10 including a turkey, stuffing, cranberries, and pumpkin pie mix cost $64.05 on average. 8 Have you noticed all the 'pumpkin flavored' products during this season? Many of these products have no actual pumpkin in them. Instead, it's likely pumpkin pie spice, a blend of all spice, cinnamon, ginger, mace and nutmeg. Check the label if you want the actual thing. 9 e most fattening item on your anksgiving Day menu? Pecan pie. It has about 503 calories per slice. 10 Mashed potatoes are the most popular side dish on the dinner table. Macaroni and cheese pulls up a close second. No, dressing did not make the list because it's not a side dish – its turkey's forever companion. Thanksgiving Day Trivia