turkey, n.Trivia

The turkey was once almost named the US's national bird.

Turkey doesn't make you sleepy because of tryptophan. In fact, cheddar cheese contains even more tryptophan.

Turkeys are not all gobblers --- Only male turkeys gobble.

Turkeys can reproduce without having sex.

Turkeys can run 20 mph

the Thanksgiving tradition of pardoning the turkey began with George H.W. Bush.

Turkey was likely not eaten at the first Thanksgiving. Far more likely it was wildfowl, goose, passenger pigeons, or swans.

Turkeys were worshiped as vessels of the Gods by the Mayans.

Turkeys will attack or attempt to dominate humans they view as subordinate