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
Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
46
A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
70
Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
60
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
85
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
433
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
73
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
169