Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
The first baseball caps were made of straw.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
In some parts of England, rum is used to wash a baby's head for good luck.
A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
Flies are deaf.
Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
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