- National Chicken Wing Day is celebrated every July 29th, after being officially proclaimed in 1977 by the mayor of Buffalo, New York. Buffalo didn’t just invent a football team that breaks hearts… it also gave us chicken wings.
- The Buffalo wing was invented in 1964 at the famous Anchor Bar when Teressa Bellissimo reportedly tossed leftover wings in hot sauce and butter as a late-night snack.
- Canadians are wing fanatics too. Chicken wings are among the most popular pub foods in the country, especially during hockey games, the Super Bowl and patio season.
- The average chicken wing has one tiny bone… yet somehow still requires three napkins, four wet wipes, and one shower.
- The world’s hottest wing sauces can top 2 million Scoville Heat Units. That’s hotter than military pepper spray. Your mouth will be filing for workers’ compensation.
- Buffalo wings don’t contain buffalo. It’s amazing this still has to be explained, but every year someone asks.
- There are two types of wing people: Team Flats and Team Drums. Families have been divided over less.
- Americans eat well over a billion wings during Super Bowl weekend alone. That’s enough wings to circle the Earth several times if you laid them end to end.
- Boneless wings aren’t actually wings. They’re usually chunks of breast meat. So technically they’re more like fancy chicken nuggets wearing a fake moustache.
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