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Beef Fun Facts

  • It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
  • Cows have a stomach with four compartments. This allows them to digest foods that humans cannot digest.
  • The average cow moves its jaw more than 40,000 times a day.
  • The hide from one cow can make 144 baseballs, 20 footballs, or 12 basketballs.