Hockey player Jarome Iginla donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
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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.
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Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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