- Billiards used to be so popular at one time that cigarette cards were issued featuring players.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - On average, it is estimated that females injure themselves ten times more than males do while playing sports.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - The 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won, but was to tired to participate in the championship match.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - The expression getting someone's goat is based on the custom of keeping a goat in the stable with a racehorse as the horse's companion. The goat becomes a settling influence on the thoroughbred. If you owned a competing horse and were not above some dirty business, you could steal your rival's goat (seriously, it's been done) to upset the other horse and make it run a poor race. From goats and horses it was linguistically extended to people: in order to upset someone, get their goat.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - The game of squash originated in the United Kingdom. It came about after a few boys, who were waiting for their turn to play racquets, knocked a ball around in a confined area adjoining the racquets court.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - The game rugby was originated at Rugby school located in England in 1823. This happened when William Webb Ellis, while playing soccer, picked the ball up in his hands and started running with it.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - Vasaloppet, which is located in Sweden is the oldest, longest, and the biggest cross-country ski race in the world. Every year, 14,000 people compete in the race.
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Comment On This Amusing Fact - When playing competitive darts the player must be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches back from the dartboard. Also the board must be 5 feet 8 inches above the floor.
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