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Super Bowl 2020: A beginner's guide
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The Super Bowl is back this weekend with all the razzmatazz, build-up and big money that goes with it. And that's before there's even been a touchdown!
This is the 54th edition of the Bowl, with Kansas City Chiefs taking on the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The NFL's biggest event is being held Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.
The 65,326-capacity stadium will host the event for the sixth time in 31 years. That's some big numbers already... So here are some more!
22 Years - Like father, like son?
San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan will lead his side in Miami on Sunday, hoping to reproduce the success of his dad, Mike.
Mike coached in four Super Bowls as an assistant, before leading the Denver Broncos to back-to-back titles over 20 years ago in the late 1990s.
No pressure, Kyle!
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22.81 miles per hour
If you could make a noise for how fast Kansas City Chiefs player Tyreek Hill is, it would be "vroooom!" Luckily there are more scientific ways of measuring speed - the Chiefs receiver clocked in at 22.81mph in December against the Los Angeles Chargers. That's faster than the speed limit for some streets in the UK!
In the interest of fairness, in a close second, 21.87mph is the top speed of 49ers running back Raheem Mostert.
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Happy 43rd birthday Shakira!
The Super Bowl halftime show is a big deal and this year Shakira will be performing on her 43rd birthday!
She'll be joined by Jennifer Lopez, as the other confirmed artist.
The halftime show attracts a huge TV audience, sometimes more people watch that than the game itself.
The most-watched halftime show was 2015 when Katy Perry's performance attracted 118.5 million viewers, while the game itself drew an average audience of 114.4 million viewers.
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50 year wait
Kansas City Chiefs fans have waited a long time for this! It's 50 years since the Chiefs were last in the Super Bowl, that's before Shakira was born! At the time they beat the Minnesota Vikings in New Orleans.
Kansas also appeared in the first Super Bowl in 1967, losing to the Green Bay Packers.
$5.6 million
Half time is such a big deal at the Super Bowl and with millions of people watching, 30-second advert slots cost $5.6 (拢4.2m) million, each! The cost of all the adverts put together is roughly $400 (拢303) million!
Facebook and US president Donald Trump are among those expected to air commercials.
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OVER ONE BILLION CHICKEN WINGS!
Yes, that's a lot of chicken!
Super Bowl fans are expected to eat 1.4 billion wings on Sunday.
To put that into perspective: The weight of those wings (75.4 million kilograms) is more than 300 times the combined weight of all 32 NFL teams.
More Super Bowl Facts
So you got this far but you're still confused about what the Super Bowl actually is, don't worry we have the answers.
If your mates are big American football fans, hopefully we can help you to at least understand some of what they're talking about on Monday morning.
And if you're new to American football or just want a reminder you can find all of the rules of the game here!
What is the Super Bowl?
It's the final game of the National Football League (NFL) season in the United States and is one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.
The NFL is what all American football teams are part of.
The winners of the Super Bowl are crowned 'World Champions' and get to lift the Vince Lombardi trophy.
This year it's the 54th Super Bowl.
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How long does the game take?
The game is meant to last an hour with four 15 minute quarters
It can take much longer though because of the half-time show and all the ad breaks.
This is why snacks are a big part of fans' Super Bowl parties!
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