The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
41
At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
29
Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
62
From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
91
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
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 first baseball caps were made of straw.
226
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
94