A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
70
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
90
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
94
Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
113
There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
8
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.
91
At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
29
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