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Article: America: Wild and Wacky Celebrates the Birth of America...and SPAM.
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- June 9, 2009
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NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- SPAM(R), America's favorite lunch meat, is turning 72 years old this July 4th. In commemoration of the nation's number one mystery meat (in which three cans are sold every second!), Smithsonian Channel's comedy series America: Wild and Wacky will feature a SPAM(R) cook-off in a round up of the many colorful, homegrown celebrations taking place across the country this Independence Day.
SPAM(R) acquired its name in 1937 from multiple entries in a naming contest, and has since become the phenomenon we know today. It is available in over 31 countries and sold its seven billionth can in 2007. The product, manufactured by Hormel Foods ...