Old-time ‘high-wheeler’ bicycles were also known as ‘penny farthings’, because people thought they looked like the largest (penny) and smallest (farthing) English coins of the day rolling along one after the other. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://curiosity.com/topics/why-did-old-timey-bikes-have-one-giant-wheel-curiosity/
Estádio Milton Corrêa, or Zerão, is a multi-purpose stadium in Northern Brazil situated near the equator or zero degrees latitude and thus has one end in the Northern hemisphere and the other in the Southern. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zer%C3%A3o
A new skate park in England will be called “The Skatey McSkateface” after a public vote on social media. The name amassed more votes than the second and third place names combined. – WTF Fun Facts
The modern high jump technique was created by Dick Fosbury and was dubbed the Fosbury Flop. Prior to the 1968 Olympics, the landing area was sand or low mats so jumpers needed to land on their feet or otherwise very carefully. – WTF Fun Facts
The first Wimbledon tennis tournament held on July 9, 1877 was only for amateurs. It was hosted by the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/09-july/first-wimbledon-tournament-begins
A Cleveland Browns football fan obituary requested six Cleveland Browns pallbearers at his funeral so “the Browns could let him down one last time”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.espn.in/nfl/story/_/id/9459655/cleveland-browns-fan-takes-last-shot-team-obituary
In 2000, the table tennis federation voted to increase the diameter of the ping pong ball from 38mm to 40mm to make it easier to learn and make the sport better for TV. It was the first major change to the sport since 1937. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/tennis/654102.stm
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo refuses to get any tattoos on his body just so he can continue on donating blood. – WTF Fun Facts
In 1983, a 61-year-old potato farmer Cliff Young won the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in overall and work boots. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://elitefeet.com/the-legend-of-cliff-young