Some of you may actually be watching the Super Bowl later today. According to the Hass Avocado Board, more than 763 million pounds of avocados were shipped into the U.S. last week. Of this amount, 98–99 percent were sourced from Mexico, and about 1 percent came from the Dominican Republic. Surprisingly, this year 0 percent originated from Peru and Chile. Both countries decided to concentrate on their South American distribution. Approximately 250 million individual avocados are sold in preparation just for the game. To shovel that guac into gaping maws, a whopping 28,100 tons of corn- and tortilla-based chips are used to scoop it up.
This year, the National Chicken Council predicts that folks will wolf down more than 1.48 billion wings during this year’s Super Bowl, which is up 1%, or 10 million wings, from last year. To put that in visual terms – 1.48 billion wings laid end to end would stretch roughly 27 times between the home stadiums of this year’s Super Bowl contenders: Gillette Stadium (New England Patriots) and Lumen Field (Seattle Seahawks).
Americans will be washing down those snacks by drinking approximately 325.5 million gallons of beer this weekend.
Super Bowl LIX, played on February 9, 2025, and broadcast by FOX in the U.S., was watched by more than 127.7 million viewers in the United States, setting an all-time high for American television. Nielsen ratings were up even more during the halftime show, featuring Kendrick Lamar, with guest appearances by SZA, Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams, and Mustard. Approximately 22.6 million Americans planned to miss work the following day. Shockingly – shockingly, I say – of this total, about 3.2 million people specifically planned to call in “sick,” despite not actually being ill.
This year, the coronavirus (and I will come to your home and smack you upside your head if you blame Corona beer for the illness) is resurging, so you may actually have an excuse.
Enjoy the game
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