Spam mail got its name from the canned meat after a Monty Python skit that made fun of Spam as tasting “horrible and being ubiquitous and inescapable.”
100 Mind-Blowing Spam Facts
The brand name Spam is a combination of “spice” and “ham”. This is one of those interesting facts you probably thought you knew but didn’t. Contrary to American mythology, Spam is not an acronym for “Scientifically Processed Animal Matter” or “Shoulder of Pork and Ham,” Eater reports.
3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second. In the U.S., Spam is the number one brand for canned meat with 3.6 cans eaten every second.
SPAM is a mash-up of the words “spice” and “ham.”
For every 12 million email spam, only one gets a reply.
Which came first, Spam mail or Spam meat? Spam mail was named after the canned meat! In a Monty Python skit, they said Spam meat was “horrible and being ubiquitous and inescapable.” Sounds pretty accurate to the annoying junk mail I get! Also, did you know that, on average, for every spam email sent, they only get one reply for every twelve million spam emails sent? Is it even worth it at that point?