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    10 Nutty Fun Facts About Peanuts

    Today is National Peanut Day, eat a PB&J or buy your favorite peanut butter flavored snack to celebrate.

    1. It takes about 540 peanuts to make one 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.

    2. Four of the top 10 candy bars manufactured in the USA contain peanuts or peanut butter.

    3. Americans spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter.

    4. 60% of consumers prefer creamy peanut butter over crunchy.

    5. Astronaut Alan Shepard brought a peanut with him to the moon.

    6. The average child will eat 1500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating high school.

    7. Dr. Geroge Washington Carver researched and developed more than 300 uses for peanuts.

    8. Peanuts attribute more than $4 billion to the USA economy each year.

    9. There are six cities in the United States named Peanut.

    10. Peanuts have more protein than any nut, they contain over 30 essential nutrients and phytonutrients.