WTF Fun Fact – Elephant Polo
There exists a variant of polo with elephants. Elephant polo is played in Nepal, India, and Thailand. They play on … Read More & Source
Sports
WTF Fun Fact – Before Shirts Vs Skins
On November 6, 1869, what many consider to be the first collegiate football game was played between Rutgers College and … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Urinating For Good Luck
Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea would crouch down and covertly urinate on the field before every penalty shootout for good luck. … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact -San Marino’s Horrible Record
The national soccer team of San Marino has only ever won 1 game since it was established in 1986. It … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Highest Paid Athlete Of All Time
The highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman Charioteer named Gaius Appuleius Diocles. Over a 24 year career, … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Beers Cause DQ
The first Olympic disqualification for drug use was against a Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall who drank two beers before his … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – White Tennis Balls
Tennis balls were originally white until Sir David Attenborough realized they’d be hard to follow on color television so the … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Champagne And Rat Poison For Energy Drink
In the early 1900’s, marathon and other distance runners were given champagne, brandy, or strychnine (now known as rat poison) … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Longest Abdominal Plank
In early 2020, George Hood, a 62-year-old ex-marine, set the world record for the longest abdominal plank, holding the position … Read More & Source