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From Indiana Jones to an Elvis-impersonating magician, the Super Bowl halftime show has featured some truly strange performers.

Michele Debczak


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Want to be the smartest person in the room while watching this year's Super Bowl? Bust out a few of these fun facts about Big Games past.

Mark Mancini, Stacy Conradt




Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr during Super Bowl I.

On January 15, 1967, when the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game took place, it was something bordering on a disaster, with television mishaps, a dispute over the name, and thousands of empty seats.

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If the ceremonial coin toss before Sunday’s Super Bowl turns up heads, everyone enrolled in the Papa John’s customer loyalty program will win a free large one-topping pizza and a two-liter bottle of Pepsi Max. Thousands of other fans will collect on a 50-

Scott Allen