- Spam was invented in 1937 by Hormel, in Minnesota.
- Nobody really knows how the name came about.
- Hormel claims that it lasts from 2 to five years in the can.
- Pork is the only meat ingredient in it.
- When U.S. GIs left Guam after WWII, they left a whole bunch of Spam. For this reason, Guam eats more Spam per capita than any other place.
