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Are You Ready for Some Football…Facts?

Just in time for Super Bowl, here are some SUPER fun, SUPER obscure facts to share and impress even the most savvy football trivia experts.

In 1973, after the Miami Dolphins Super Bowl win, Don Shula had his watch stolen from his wrist as he was carried off the field. Who knew a handshake could be so expensive!
Super Bowl Sunday is listed (according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture) as the 2nd largest day of consumption, 2nd only to Thanksgiving!
Super Bowl I (1967) did not sell out and the most expensive ticket was considered expensive at $12.
Jimmy Carter was the first president to welcome a Super Bowl winning team to the White House. That team was the Pittsburgh Steelers and the year was 1980.
Super Bowl venues are chosen years before the event. So who gets “Home” field? It’s as easy as odds or evens. NFC gets assigned as the home team in odd-numbered Super Bowls, and AFC gets the even-numbered Super Bowls.
Tiffany and Co. are the proud designers of The Vince Lombardi trophies that are produced every year and get a permanent home with the winner, unlike the Stanley Cup that moves every year.
It was a surprise for TV news helicopters just days before Super Bowl XX in 1986, when they got mooned by Jim McMahon while filming a practice session for the Chicago Bears.
There has never been a team that scored 0 in a Super Bowl. The Miami Dolphins came closest to a shut out when they scored the lowest number of points (3) in 1972 against Dallas.
In an episode of The Simpsons, which aired on January 23, 1992. Lisa Simpson correctly guessed that the Washington Redskins would win Super Bowl XXVI.
As the only official game ball the NFL has ever known, “The Duke” NFL football was named in honor of the game’s pioneering legend and NY Giants owner, Wellington Mara. Having been named by his father after the Duke of Wellington, young Mara was soon dubbed “The Duke” by the Giants players when he worked for the team as a ball boy in 1925.
The Super Bowl I halftime was crashed. The performers included two marching bands, acclaimed trumpeter Al Hirt, two men in jet packs, and 300 pigeons that made a surprise appearance