Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
113
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.
4
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
No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
78
At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
29
There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
17
The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
41