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.

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