Super Bowl Fun Facts!

Here are some fun facts to amaze your friends! Bet them the answers and you may not have to bring the beer and chips to the party!

The Super Bowl is the most-watched TV program in America, drawing an estimated 111.3 million viewers last year alone, and 2013 is sure to be no different.

• 8 million pounds of guacamole is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday
• 14,500 tons of chips are eaten along with that guacamole
• Of the top 10 most watched American television programs of all time, nine of them are Super Bowls
• The Super Bowl is measured in Roman numerals because a football season runs over two calendar years
• Over 700,000 footballs are produced annually for official NFL use and 72 of them are used for the Super Bowl

It is the second most watched sporting event in the world. More than 100 million people worldwide watch the Super Bowl every year. In fact, Super Bowl XLIV in 2010 unseated "M*A*S*H"'s series finale as the most watched show in television history with over 106.5 million watchers.

By The Numbers

1. $8.2 Billion
The estimated net amount wagered worldwide on the Super Bowl in 2010.

2. $550,000
The initial FCC fine, recently overturned, to CBS for Janet Jackson's nipple-escape trick.

3. Beer money
The average cost of a draft beer at NFL games is $7.13. That's 22.7 percent more than the average cost at baseball games. Most expensive city: St. Louis ($9) Least expensive city: Cleveland ($5)

4. 1:53.7
The amount of time it took Christina Aguilera to (incorrectly) sing "The Star-Spangled Banner." . An over/under prop bet for Sportsbook.com was set at 1:54, but because of the flubbed lyrics, the site was forced to pay out both sides for the first time in history.

5. 7,000,000
Estimated number of U.S. employees who don't show up for work the Monday after the Super Bowl.

6. It's a toss-up
The NFC team has won the coin toss for 14 consecutive Super Bowls.

7. The rich get richer!
Pro golfer Phil Mickelson bet $20,000 on the Baltimore Ravens to win the 2001 Super Bowl. The odds were 28-1. The Ravens annihilated the Giants, 34-7. The payout was $560,000.

8. $40,000
The price of a 30-second commercial during the first Super Bowl in 1967. $3,500,000 is the price of a 30-second commercial during this year's Super Bowl.

9. 14
Number of seconds that elapsed in the game before Devin Hester scored a touchdown for the Chicago Bears during the 2006 Super Bowl. It is the fastest score from the start of a Super Bowl game -- but the Bears still lost.

10. Say cheese
Papa John's prepared for last year's Super Bowl by stocking its shops with a total of: 2,000,000 pounds of cheese, 350,000 pounds of pepperoni.

Source(http://www.maxim.com/sports/fun-super-bowl-facts)