Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
30
The first baseball caps were made of straw.
226
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
85
Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
209
In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
63
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
433
Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
17
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
90