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FUN FACTS
Ever wonder how many teeth dairy cows have or how much they might weigh? Find out the answers below and test your friends!
- At any one time, a cow's udder can hold 25 to 50 pounds of milk.
- An average cow produces 100 glasses of milk a day.
- More than 21 pounds of milk are needed to make a pound of butter, 16 pounds of milk are needed to make a half gallon of ice cream, 10 pounds of milk are needed to make one pound of cheese.
- A cow has 32 teeth.
- The most common type of dairy cow is a Holstein (the black & white ones).
- A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or a snowflake. No two cows have exactly the same pattern.
- An average Holstein cow weighs about the size of ten grown men — 1,500 pounds!
- A cow drinks 25-50 gallons of water a day, as much as it would take to fill a bathtub.
- Vanilla is America's favorite ice cream flavor.
- Cows chew at least 50 times per minute.
- Cows can detect smell up to six miles away.
- A cow produces more than 2,000 gallons of milk per year.
- Mozzarella is the most commonly used cheese in restaurants.
- Cows spend 6-7 hours a day eating.
- Americans eat the equivalent of 10 acres of pizza everyday!
- A cow must have a calf once a year to continue producing milk.
- A cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.
- June is the official Dairy Month.
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