$36.78 - Average cost of ingredients needed to make a traditional Thanksgiving meal — including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie, and trimmings — for 10 people.
Tags: interesting trivia, Thanksgiving
54 - Percent increase in long-distance travel over Thanksgiving, compared with the rest of the year.
91 - Percentage of these trips taken by car.
214 - Average number of miles per trip.
91 - Percentage of kids ages 5 to 13 who say they enjoy family trips because of the extra time they have with their parents.
45 - Percentage who won’t go without an MP3 player.
Source: Health, November, 2006
Tags: Thanksgiving, interesting trivia, travel
400 million - Pounds of cranberries that Americans eat each year.
20 - Percent of those eaten during Thanksgiving week.
206 - Approximate number of cranberries used in a 6-ounce glass of fresh cranberry juice.
Source: Health, November, 2006
Tags: Thanksgiving, cranberries, interesting trivia
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