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
Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
30
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
85
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
The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
-53
There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
17
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
433
The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
51