UNITED STATES: In America — today is National Peanut Butter Day, so let’s look at some fun facts about the beloved best friend of the strawberry jam sitting in ya fridge, K?
Peanuts are actually not nuts but legumes grown underground.
- The U.S. is the third largest producer of peanuts (Georgia and Texas are the two major peanut-producing states). China and India are the first and second largest producers, respectively.
- More than half of the American peanut crop goes into making peanut butter.
- U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson were peanut farmers.
- It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
- Americans eat around 700 million pounds of peanut butter per year (about 3 pounds per person).
- An average American child eats 1,500 PB&J sandwiches before graduating from high school.

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