1999: Year Ken Ahroni noticed a wishbone shortage at the Thanksgiving table

2004: Year he started Lucky Break Wishbone Corp. in Seattle, making synthetic wishbones

$50,000: Amount he made in the first six months of business

$3.99: Cost for a set of four wishbones

30,000: Number of wishbones produced daily

Source: www.entrepreneur.com, www.luckybreakwishbone.com