In England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
3
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
433
At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
29
The fastest red card in football/soccer history was 2 seconds when Lee Todd was sent off for foul language after he exclaimed "f**k me, that was loud" after the starting whistle.
11
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
73
In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
63
There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
17
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
85