At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
29
There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
8
From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
91
Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
4
There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
24
There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
17
All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
104
The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
64