It Takes 600 Cows To Make One Season’s Worth Of NFL Footballs + 9 Other Sad Facts About The NFL

Super Bowl season is upon us! This year’s game will be hosted in Santa Clara, CA at the state-of-the-art Levi’s Stadium.

This Super Bowl, which will decide the league champion for the 2015 NFL season, is particularly important as it marks the 50th anniversary of the event.

The match has been dubbed the “Golden Super Bowl” because it will be hosted in the Golden State (California), held in the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers, a team named after the miners of the California Gold Rush; and because a 50th anniversary is traditionally the golden anniversary. Neat!

Here are some not-so-happy facts about the National Football League.