Interesting, Fascinating and Bizarre Sporting Facts

Paul and Olivia are back for another action packed and entertaining Interesting and Bizarre Sporting facts episode. In our fourth instalment some of the interesting, crazy and weird facts we will discuss include: -        The football team with the longest name in the world. -        What Neil Armstrong almost decided to take with him on his voyage to the moon. -        The former Czech track and field athlete who excelled in the javelin and broke world records galore. -        A swimmer who swam across the Adriatic Sea without flippers. -        The biggest hot dog in MLB. -        An American college whose mascots for its sporting teams are called Sammy the Banana. -        The NFL and MLB teams that sell the cheapest beer. -        The world record for stair climbing push ups and chin ups. -        The well-known New York sporting venue whose most famous evening was not a sporting event, however, was a famous former President’s birthday. -        A well-known MLB player who in accordance with his religious beliefs does not believe dinosaurs ever existed. -        An NBA great who was a talented musician at high school. -        The teenage girl who once struck out the great Babe Ruth. -        How pigeons find their way home and navigate landmarks in pigeon racing. -        The number of golf courses in the world and which country has the most and which country is the most golf centric. -        Why high jumpers only stay in the air for no more than one second. -        Why the great Michael Jordan once had to wear a number 12 jersey, not his famous number 23. -        The youngest world boxing champion. -        How far on average a tennis player and Aussie Rules player run during a match. -        The number of countries that have never won an Olympic medal and the won that has suffered the most heartbreak. -        The legendary racehorse Secretariat. -        A football team that once scored 149 goals and didn’t win the match. Interesting sporting facts Part 4 sources 1.     Bleacher report.com ‘the 50 best kept secrets in sports’, by amber lee, 8/4/2013. 2.     The University of Melbourne ‘how do pigeons find their way home? We looked in their ears with a diamond-based quantum microscope to find out’, david simpson, 16/11/2021. 3.     British murders podcast with stuart blues S14E08/elizabeth bowe, st andrews, fife, 2016, 7/8/24. 4.     javelin.com ‘100 surprising facts that you never would’ve guessed’, 3/10/2022. 5.     beano.com ‘12 weird football facts that’ll make you scratch your head!’, by beano team, 26/6/24. 6.     circalasvegas.com ‘sports trivia: 48 interesting sports facts’, posted in circa sports, 10/5/2022. 7.     thorzt.com ‘the world’s greatest ever athletic achievements’,2023. 8.     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jan_zelezny 9.     olympics.com ‘athletics: all track and field world records at a glance’, by olympics.com, 6/8/24. 10. https://www.ucsc.edu/campus/mascot/ 11. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ProlateSpheroid.html 12. golflux.com ‘which country has the most golf courses in the world?’, linh chi, 3/4/23. 13. quora.com ‘how does le bron’s weight and height compare to the average NBA player?’, tony moses, 8/4/24. 14. nielsen.com ‘Superbowl LVIII draws 123.7 million average viewers, largest tv audience on record’, lauren pabst, february 2024. 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Ben%C3%ADtez 16. Prepare like a pro.com ‘how far do afl players run in a game? Prepare like a pro.’jack mc lean, 2024. 17. newsweek.com ‘map shows countries that have never won an olympic medal’, joe edwards, 6/8/24. 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beamon 19. Bz maestro eats.com ‘top 10 athletic feats of all time’, 21/2/2022. 20. Intro and Outro Music- Ignition by Soundroll from Upbeat 21. Background Music- Energizer by RA from Soundroll from Upbeat.