Follow Yahoo!'s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! Everyone knows the best part of the Super Bowl - the commercials. One day a year Americans skip the fast-forward button on their DVRs and direct their gaze on the television, assiduously watching every second of these highly-anticipated commercials. The annual ritual of watching Super Bowl ads [...]

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