1. All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear (in case they split their pants on the job)
2. Tug of War was an olympic event between the years 1900 and 1920.
3. The state sport of Maryland is jousting.
4.Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: black and gold.
5. Most NASCAR teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
6. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
7. From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
8. Basketball great Wilt Chaimberlain never fouled out of a game.
9. Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds of up to 105.6 mph.
10. The referee tossed a jump ball after every basket in basketball until 1937.
Don't you just feel so much more informed? I thought so :)
Happy Tuesday!!!
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