10 Insane Sports Facts

The Dallas Cowboys have played in both the hottest and coldest NFL games of all time: 109 and -13 degrees respectively.

The Green Bay Packers have sold out every game since 1960 and there are 86000 people on the waiting list.

If you joined the waiting list for Green Bay Packers season tickets today, you would have to wait until 2966.

30 years ago Joe Delaney, NFL running back, died trying to rescue three children from drowning… Delaney himself could not swim.

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.

There is a Native American tribe of ultra-runners known as the Tarahumara. They can run 200 miles non-stop, and play running games that go on for up to 2 days without breaks. They use the toe-strike method of running instead of the traditional heel-strike. And they do it drunk.

Michael Jackson played professional baseball.

Octopus wrestling was a legitimate sport on the US west coast from the 1940s to 60s.

If you play a professional sport, you need to pay an income tax. That is, to each state you play against. For a Red Sox player, this means 17 different tax bills.

The International Olympic Committee orders 100,000 condoms every Games to stock Athlete’s Olympic Village. During the Sydney Olympics in 2000, 70,000 were not enough.

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