Reading to coffee #2

By andrej | Reading to the coffee | 21 Dec 2020


Ladies and genlemen,
welcome to the second episode of reading to coffee. Enjoy !

 

1. Golf balls can reach speeds of 170 miles an hour.

Titrist Golf Ball Near Golf Hole

2. When Olympic games was in Sydney in 2000, every day there were circa 12 bomb alarms.

 

3. In 1874, was created a football team in England called Aston Villa, they hadn't got an opponent for the first match of season, so they invited local rugby team. First half time was played as a rugby and second half time as a football. 

 

4. The marathon with the longest time lasted 54 years, 8 month, 6 days, 3 hours, 2 minutes and 20 seconds.

Why ? In Stockholm in 1912 one Japan runner decided to took a break after 30 km, and he feel asleep, After the marathon end, the police went to find that guy, he was so shamed so he promised that he would complete that marathon. He ran the missing distance in 1967.

People Doing Marathon

5. The first puck with which ice hockey was never played was made from a piece of frozen cow dung.

 

 

6.  In October of 1998 in Democratic republic of Congo during the football match struck the lightning bolt on the playground, all 11 players of home team die. Nobody alse was hurt.

Photo of Lightning

7. The golden medal is made from silver (93%), copper (6%) and only 1 % is a gold.

 

8.  Until 1960, doping at the Olympics was legal.

 

9. The longest tennis match lasted 11 hours, 5 minutes and was played for three days. This match was played at Wimbledon at 2010 by John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. Isner won.

Close-Up Photo of Person Holding Tennis Racket and Ball

10. 1 out of 20 injuries in football are caused when a goal is celebrated.

 

11. From 1900 - 1920 was the rope-pulling a discipline at the Summer Olympics.

 

12. The first official basketball game was played with a soccer ball.

 

13. Billiards great Henry Lewis once sank 46 balls in a row.

Billiard Balls

14. Most NASCAR teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.

 

15. The most popular sport is football, estimated players more than 20 million people.

Free stock photo of ball, field, football

 

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