Thanksgiving is tomorrow, so I thought I’d (1) get the igotw out a day early, and (2) make it about turkeys! I gave “graphs about turkeys” a quick Goog and picked out a few choice tidbits.
From a survey about the most popular common Thanksgiving dishes:
Perhaps unsurprisingly turkey tops the list, closely followed by mashed potatoes and gravy. …although I do wonder about the 6% of people who selected mashed potatoes and did not select gravy. Maybe they assumed that gravy was implied when they picked mashed potatoes? Or is that 6% out there eating their mashed potatoes dry? Yeesh.
How big are these turkeys? Well, they’re getting bigger:
Hoo boy - 29 pounds? That’s a big bird. (Side note: The heaviest bird in the world is the common ostrich, which can weigh over 300 pounds.)
Who’s eating all this turkey? Well, as it turns out, Israel consumes the most turkey per capita:
I almost didn’t post this bit of chartjunk, but I think it’s an interesting statistic and I couldn’t find a better-looking graph. In fact, evidence suggests that it’s actually impossible to chart this data without making the chart completely goofy. See:
:eyeroll: Oh, brother.
Moving on, it may come as no surprise that China leads the world in tea consumption:
After all, tea is one of the world’s most popular beverages and China is one of the world’s most populous countries. …but what if we took a look at per capita tea consumption?
Turkey! Neat.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks!