5 Things You Didn't Know About the Super Bowl

1. Giants' linebacker  beat cancer, and now he beat the Patroits too. Herzlich was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a form of bone cancer in 2009. After going undrafted out of Boston College, he signed as a free agent with the New York Giants last year. His rookie season solidified a magnificent journey from near death to Super Bowl champion. That doesn’t happen very often.

2. Before Bill Belichick was coaching the Patriots, he was

3. The DeOssie family made history during Super Bowl XLII when son Zach and father Steve became the Steve was a member of the Giants for Super Bowl XXV in 1991. Zach got to one-up his father on Sunday with his second title as the Giants defeated New England in Super Bowl XLVI.

4. 26 million avocados, or 13.2 million pounds, were consumed on Super Bowl Sunday last year. That's enough to cover the field at the Louisiana Superdome to a height of 40 inches.

5. Americans downed 49.2 million cases of beer during last year's Super Bowl Sunday. The following Monday, 1.5 million Americans didn't show up for work, and an estimated 4.4 million showed up late.