Top 10 Bizarre Facts About the Super Bowl

Top 10 Bizarre Facts About Super Bowl - as part of the hobbies series on sports by GeoBeats. Here are ten bizarre facts about the Super Bowl. 10 – Eight million pounds of guacamole will be consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. 9 – The Super Bowl is measured in Roman numerals because a football season runs over two calendar years. 8 – Antacid sales are up 20% the day after the Super Bowl. 7 – The original network footage of Super Bowl One was accidentally erased. 6 – Over 90% will watch the Super Bowl with other people. 5 – Mike Ditka, Tom Flores and Tony Dungy have won the Super Bowl as both player and coach. 4 – The 7 lb, sterling silver Vince Lombardi Trophy is created at Tiffany & Co. in Parsippany, New Jersey each year. 3 – Over 100 official NFL game balls are made for each Super Bowl at the Wilson Football factory in Ohio. 2 – The first famous Super Bowl commercial was for Noxzema featuring Joe Namath and Farrah Fawcett in 1973. 1 – Super Bowl Sunday is the 2nd largest day for food consumption in the U.S. after Thanksgiving Day.