Sports Trivia and Fun Facts:
1. The first Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 776 BC.
2. Michael Jordan is the only player to score over 30 points per game for an entire season while shooting at least 50% from the field.
3. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, with more than half of the global population considering themselves soccer fans.
4. In cricket, a batsman who scores 100 runs or more in one innings is said to have scored a century.
People You Should Know About:
1. Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869, in Porbandar, India. He played a key role in India’s struggle for independence from Great Britain.
2. Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized our understanding of space and time.
3. Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor and sick in Calcutta, India. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Places of Interest Around the World:
1. The Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France, and stands at 324 meters tall. It was built by Gustave Eiffel as part of the 1889 World’s Fair.
2. Machu Picchu is an ancient Incan city located high up in the Andes Mountains in Peru. It was abandoned during the Spanish conquest but rediscovered in 1911.
3. The Grand Canyon is a massive canyon carved out by the Colorado River in Arizona, USA. It is approximately 277 miles long and up to 1 mile deep.
Unusual Records in Sports History:
1. The longest tennis match ever played lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010.
2. The fastest serve in tennis history was hit by Sam Groth at 163 mph during the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour in Busan, South Korea.
Quirky Facts about Famous Personalities:
1. Abraham Lincoln had a dream that he would be assassinated before it actually happened.
2. Vincent van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime – “The Red Vineyard” – which fetched just $100.
Little-Known Stories behind Popular Landmarks:
1. The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be given to Egypt as a gift from France, but the French government decided instead to give it to the United States.
2. Stonehenge was likely used as both a burial ground and astronomical observatory by prehistoric Britons.