true facts about tacos

This Goes WAY Deeper Than Your Local Taco Bell

Did you know that Americans eat more than 4.5 billion tacos every year?!

“Thank you hard taco shells for surviving the long journey from factory, to supermarket, to my plate and then breaking the moment I put something inside you.” Jimmy Fallon

Here Are A Few More Taco Facts

• The biggest taco ever was made in Queretaro, Mexico in November of 2011: 246' long!

• "Taco" means "wad" or "plug" in Spanish. The word came from the silver miners in Mexico who would wrap gun powder in thin sheets of paper and "plug" them into crevices in the mines to explode.

• National Taco Day in the U.S. is October 4. (Where will YOU be?)

• Traditionally, seafood tacos are only eaten at lunch time in Mexico.

• The founder of Taco Bell claimed to have invented the crispy u-shaped taco shell in 1950, but in fact the hard shell had been patented by Mexican restaurant owners 10 years prior.

• The first recorded "taco party" was held in 1520 by the Spanish Conquistadors.

• "Taco" is the 48,770th most popular name in the U.S. (not real popular, huh?)

• Based on info in the Social Security Administration database, you are more likely to be black or white, rather than Hispanic or Asian, if your name is Taco.

• New Jersey is the U.S. state with the most people named "Taco"-- 31. However, due to the difference in total population, you are more likely to meet someone named "Taco" in New Hampshire.

• The most popular LAST name of someone named Taco in the U.S. is "Thomas."

Do you have any interesting TACO facts to share? We'd love to hear about them in the comments, below.