National Peanut Butter Month

Courtesy of the Peanut Advisory Board:

Peanuts are not actually nuts at all! They are legumes, like beans, peas and lentils.

Americans eat 3 pounds of peanut butter per person every year - that's about 700 million pounds, or enough to coat the floor of the Grand Canyon!

Peanuts may be a favorite food, but we've found many non-food uses for their shells too! You can find peanut shells in kitty litter, wallboard, fireplace logs, paper, animal feed and sometimes as fuel for power plants!

Arachibutyrophobia (I-RA-KEE-BU-TI-RO-PHO-BI-A) is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth. Some people suggest adding lettuce to your sandwich to prevent this!

Two peanut farmers have been elected President of the United States: Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.

One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.

It takes 810 peanuts to make an 18-ounce jar of peanut butter.