National Peanut Butter Day

January 24 is National Peanut Butter Day. In honor of this nutty occasion, here are some peanut butter facts:

• Georgia is the #1 peanut producing state, but did you know that Texas is #2?

• Peanut butter was first sold at the Universal Exposition of 1904 in St. Louis.

• It takes 772 peanuts to make a 16.3 oz jar of peanut butter.

• The peanut is not a nut, but a legume related to beans and lentils.

• The average American consumes more than six pounds of peanuts and peanut butter products each year.

• Americans eat more than 700 million pounds of peanut butter each year.

• Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the USA – Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.

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