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This Week's Facts:
-Dept.
of Tourism Helps Plan Your Super Bowl Weekend
-Website
Discovers the "Science of Football"
-CDC
Suggest Healthy Options for Super Bowl Snacks
-Football
Among Useful ISL Subject Guides
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Fast Facts for Super Bowl XLVI
Average time of daily commute to work:
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New York: 38.7 minutes
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Boston: 28.4 minutes
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Indianapolis: 22.2 minutes
Percentage of residents over 25
with a bachelor’s degree or higher:
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New
York: 33.4%
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Boston: 44.3%
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Indianapolis: 26.7%
Median Home Value:
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New
York: $504,500
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Boston:$369,600
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Indianapolis: $118,100
Source: US Census Bureau,
Facts for Features: Super Bowl XLVI
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State Data
Center Coordinator
Elisabeth
Hedges
Federal Documents Librarian
&
Kim Brown-Harden
State
Documents Coordinator
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“I had pro
offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were
pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into
professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a
household word today.”
- President Gerald Ford
This week’s edition of the Friday Facts is dedicated to
Super Bowl XLVI. As we celebrate the world’s most famous game
here in Indianapolis, we would like to welcome all the fans from
New York, Boston, and beyond into the Circle City!
Dept. of Tourism Helps Plan Your Super Bowl Weekend
 Indianapolis
is full of excitement and visitors this week as we host the
Super Bowl. In addition to all of the great NFL-sponsored
activities and parties, Indiana has many wonderful sites and
attractions to meet anyone’s tastes and budgets.
The Indiana
Department of Tourism
has
specials and
discounts to help
you plan your getaway. For those who are here for the Super Bowl
and the festivities, check out the
Indiana Insider
Blog, which has tips
and opinions on things to do in Indianapolis from locals,
including keys to getting one of the
46 Super Sandwiches
in Indiana! If you plan on coming into downtown Indianapolis for
the Super Bowl or any of the festivities, make sure you
Know Before You Go
to avoid traffic hassles and headaches downtown. Have a safe,
enjoyable weekend!
Website Discovers the 'Science of Football'
 To
the uninitiated, it may just seem like chaos, but there’s
actually a lot of science involved in football. The National
Science Foundation has made it a mission to bring that science
to you! Their website,
The Science of NFL
Football, brings you
several episodes about different scientific aspects of the game.
Of course, there is information about nutrition and training,
but that is far from all. Viewers can learn about how Newton’s
first, second, and third Laws of Motion apply to football –
whether it’s about two players crashing into each other or just
how a field goal goes so far. You can also learn about the
prolate spheroid – the shape of a football – and how this
particular shape helps the game. Those interested in math will
enjoy the episodes on the Pythagorean Theorem and Vectors. In
addition to the videos themselves, you can find
lesson plans
on Lessonopoly, a website sponsored by the Silicon Valley
Education Foundation. Each lesson plan is geared toward a
specific grade level and may help students more interested in
sports to understand different aspects of math, physics, and
nutrition.
CDC
Suggests Healthy Options for Super Bowl Snacks
 Super
Bowl weekend is a great chance to have fun, watch the game, and
hang out with friends and family. However, this doesn’t mean
that you have to neglect your health. The CDC has a page
dedicated to staying healthy this weekend. Although this is in
the Men’s Health section, these tips are applicable to everyone!
The most obvious tip deals with eating healthy: be sure to
include fruit and veggie options at your party and don’t be
deceived by dips and dressing – these can often be
calorie-laden. You also should be sure to practice food safety.
This means cleaning vegetables and making sure they don’t get
near raw meat. Other safety tips include making sure not to
drink and drive (or letting your guests do so) and staying warm
if you’re tailgating. However, don’t avoid the cold by grilling
in the kitchen! For these and more tips, be sure to check out
Have a Safe and
Healthy Super Bowl Celebration.
The article also includes some tasty yet healthy party recipes.
Have fun celebrating Indiana’s turn in the spotlight this Super
Bowl, but, as always, be safe!
Check out
Useful Football Resources from the State Library
The Indiana State Library has an
abundance of current and historical resources on many of our
nation's pastimes. The football subject guide features resources
from several State Library collections, including Federal
Documents.
Check out
Football in Indiana
or one of the many other
subject guides from
the State Library.
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