In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
6
Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
36
Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
30
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
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
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
90
Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
113
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
73