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Sports Facts
Featuring Interesting Sports Facts, Funny Sports Facts, and more Sports Fun Facts.
There are 31 Sports Facts!
- 01. A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.View Comments (0) Post a CommentFurther Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Sports Fact - 12. All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
- 03. At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
- 04. At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
- 05. Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
- 16. Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
- 07. Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
- 08. During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
- 09. Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
- 110. From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
- 011. In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
- 012. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
- 013. Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
- 014. Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
- 215. Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
- 116. No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
- 017. People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
- 018. Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
- 019. Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
- 020. So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
- 021. The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
- 022. The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
- 023. The first baseball caps were made of straw.
- 024. The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
- 025. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
- 026. The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
- 027. The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
- 028. The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
- 029. Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
- 030. Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
- 031. When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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