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Modified & Updated: 30 May 2024
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- In 1994, Bulgaria had the only soccer team where all players last names ended in ‘OV’.
- Baseball player, Gaylord Perry hit his first and only home run a few hours after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
- More than 100 children are conceived annually at the Super Bowl parking lot during tailgate parties.
- The oldest continuous trophy sport is America’s Cup.
- Golf was banned in England in 1457.
- Racehorses wear out their shoes in one race.
- Larry Lewis completed a 100-yard dash in 17.8 seconds at the age of 101.
- Japanese golfers share their luck by carrying a hole-in-one insurance.
- Honey is used as the center of golf balls.
- The University of Miami holds a record of 149 consecutive wins in regular-season weeks.
- Two to three jockeys are killed each year.
- Americans held a winning record for America’s Cup since its beginning but lost this streak to Australia in 1983.
- Archery is considered to be a prioritized sport in England compared to golf.
- The Australian rules of football were originally given to cricket players to have something to play during off-seasons.
- The 1871 Derby winner helped created the first instance of global electronic communications.
- Only Greece and Australia have participated in all Olympic games.
- Harry Chiti is the first Major League Baseball player to be traded in for himself.
- The chicken demand during the Superbowl is roughly equivalent to the population of New York.
- Henry Lewis once sank 46 billiard balls in a row.
- Mark McGwire holds a record of having 70 home runs.
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