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TIL that data consistently show a spike in traffic deaths following the Super Bowl, and a spike in drunk-driving deaths specifically. For the five Super Bowls between 2015 and 2019, there were 244 total traffic deaths nationwide in the 12-hour period during and after the Super Bowl.

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