More than 1,800 medals are awarded at the Olympics.
Dumb Facts » Sports
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Track athletes are most likely to break records later in the day, when their body temperatures are highest.
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A chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.
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In a deck of cards, all four Kings have beards, but only three of them also have mustaches. The one without a mustache is the King of Hearts.
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A bowling pin only needs to tilt 7.5 degrees to fall down.
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The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
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There are 225 squares on a scrabble board.
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Five-Card Poker has 2,598,960 possible hands.
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The SEC leads the NCAA in total major violations of rules since recording began in 1953 with 42 violations.
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More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world!
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A soccer ball has 32 panels.
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Pittsburgh is the only U.S. city with 3 sports teams that wear the same colors.
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It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
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Golf balls can reach speeds of 170 miles an hour.
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A hockey puck weighs .38 lb.