[Sports fact 1] In the 1970s, professional 10 pin bowlers made twice as much money as NFL players.
[Sports fact 2] Tom Cruise enjoyed wrestling on his high school’s team. A knee injury left him unable to play, which sent him looking for another way to spend his time and it inevitably led him to audition for the school’s production of Guys and Dolls.
[Sports fact 3] Pro wrestler Dave Bautista decided to get into wrestling after realizing he had squandered his 20s and was living in poverty to the point that he had to borrow money to buy Christmas presents for his kids.
[Sports fact 4] There is a competitive sport called joggling that combines jogging and juggling.
[Sports fact 5] Georgian swimming is a swimming style where swimmer's hands and feet are bound together. It was re-discovered in the '60s after a swimming enthusiast decided to fact-check a legend about ancient warriors training by swimming in this manner.
[Sports fact 6] The reason MLB (Major League Baseball) has not faced any competitor leagues unlike the NHL, NFL, and NBA is because of a 1922 Supreme Court case that granted them an exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act, thus making them a legal monopoly.
[Sports fact 7] Ray Lewis grew up using a deck of cards. If he drew a 7 he would do 7 pushups and sit ups, an ace was 25 and a joker 30. He would go through the whole deck. In the NFL, he would do it 3 times for each exercise. This is also the reason why he wore 52, which is the number of cards in a deck.
[Sports fact 8] The Legend Of The Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings games where octopuses are thrown onto the ice surface. In 1995, fans threw 36 octopuses including a specimen weighing 38 lbs.
[Sports fact 9] The dimples on a golf ball allow it to travel up to twice the distance of a smooth ball. The dimples increase lift and decrease drag.
[Sports fact 10] Elite athletes sleep longer than average humans. Roger Federer sleeps 12 hours a day. Usain Bolt 9-10 hours a day. Le Bron James also sleeps 12 hours. For a long time, while he was struggling with his form, Tiger Woods had a sleep disorder.
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