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The 1912 Olympics was the last time gold medals were solid gold; since then, they’ve been silver with gold plating. (uselessfacts.net)
17,8 Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar ran 100 centuries over his glittering career. (Times of India)
British rower Pete Reed’s lungs have a capacity of 11.68 liters – almost double the male average. (The Independent)
is how long 101-year-old Larry Lewis took to run the 100-yard dash in 1969; a world record among centenarians. (Genii Magazine)
42,000
tennis balls are used in the 650 matches played at the Wimbledon Championships each year. (Wimbledontennis.com)
Major League Baseball teams use about 850,000 balls per season.
Ryan Capes jumped a distance of 119 meters on a motorbike in 2005. (complex.com)
is the year in which the first, all-male, modern Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece. (Olympic.org)
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The number of chickens turned into hot wings during the Super Bowl is roughly the same as the population of New York City. (Bleacher Report)
