Category Archives: Sports

Jul 08 2016
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Sports

Fact #1140: No one really knows for sure why there is a pineapple atop the Wimbledon Trophy.

Source: http://www.firstpost.com/sports/why-there-is-a-pineapple-atop-the-trophy-and-other-wimbledon-facts-907587.html

Jul 01 2016
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Fact #1136: Physicists proved that shooting “granny style” is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, but NBA players refuse to do it because it looks stupid.

Source: http://discovermagazine.com/2008/the-body/07-physics-proves-it-everyone-should-shoot-granny-style

Mar 09 2016
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Sports

Fact #1054: Tug of War was once an Olympic sport.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_of_war_at_the_Summer_Olympics

Oct 06 2015
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Sports

Fact #948: There are 7 NFL teams that don’t have cheerleaders.

They are: Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the New York Giants.
Aug 28 2015
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Places, Sports

Fact #922: Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are surprised to hear that Americans also consider it their ‘national sport.’

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_in_Japan

Aug 12 2015
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Fact #910: In athletics if you move as the gun sounds, you have considered to have false started.

The human brain cannot hear and process the noise of the starting gun in under 0.10 seconds.

 

Jun 11 2015
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Fact #876: America Samoa has produced more NFL players per capita than any US state.

Source: http://u19championship.com/teams-2/american-samoa/

Dec 01 2014
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Sports

Fact #736: The Green Bay Packers got their name in 1919 after the Indian Packing Company gave the team $500 to buy equipment.

 

Jul 15 2014
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Places, Sports

Fact #638: Germany’s 2014 world cup win was its first as a unified country. The last 1954, 1974, and 1990 world cups were won by West Germany.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team

Jul 10 2014
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History, Sports

Fact #635: A European team has never won a World Cup hosted in the Americas.

So… will it be Argentina or Germany?

Source: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28117029

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