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Super Bowl 2013 β What You Should Know about the Big Game
The Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers go head-to-head in Super Bowl XLVII. Which team will win?

Here's the rundown for Sunday's Super Bowl.Β
Who's playing:Β Ravens vs. 49ers
Kickoff time:Β 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3
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Where's the game:Β Mercedes-Benz Superdome inΒ New Orleans, La.
Station providing coverage:Β NBC
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Watching the Super Bowl with friends can leave a lot of us feeling like information haves and have-nots. While some of us have been following the teams, their players, strategy, and statistics since the day we were born, others at least know who the quarterbacks are and that they are the ones who throw the ball.
Whether you're looking to impress the sports nerds in the room with a few of your own facts, or you're simply a true connoisseur of arguably useless knowledge, here's some fun trivia for you about Super Bowl 2013.Β
Five facts about the Super Bowl
- This year, aΒ 30-second commercial costs $4 million,Β up fromΒ 3.5 million last year and $42,000 in 1967,Β according toΒ Time.
- Football fans are anticipated to consume an estimatedΒ 79 million pounds of Hass avocadosΒ during Big Game gatherings this year, according to theΒ Hass Avocado Board.
- If you still think the 1983 season finale of M*A*S*H was the most-watched broadcast in the U.S., think again. The 2010 Super Bowl between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts stole that title, only to be beaten exactly one year later whenΒ 111 million people tuned in to watchΒ the 2011 Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, according toΒ Nielsen Co. That record was broken againΒ last year when 111.3 million peopleΒ watched the Giants beat the Patriots,Β according to ESPN.go.com.
- Heading into the game, theΒ 49ers areΒ 5-0Β in Super Bowls and theΒ Ravens are 1-0Β in Super Bowls.
- Super Bowl XLVII is the first time in professional sports history that siblings will play each other.John HarbaughΒ coaches the Ravens andΒ Jim HarbaughΒ coaches the 49ers,Β according to SB Nation.
Who do you think will win Sunday's game? Tell us your prediction in comments.Β
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