1500 B.C.: Century the Incas of Peru used peanuts as sacrificial offerings and entombed them with mummies to aid in the spirit life

111: Number of feet an Australian man threw a peanut to claim the Guinness World Record in 1999

40: Percentage of the top 10 candy bars made in the U.S. that contain peanuts or peanut butter

600 million: Pounds of peanuts Americans eat each year

Source: www.nationalpeanutboard.org