My son enjoys reading sports books for kids, especially anything related to football. Interesting facts and sports stories sports trivia volume 1 bill oneill. They were covered in drawings, leather and even gold so there wasnt a place for the author s name. Some of the sports listed below are quite mainstream sports, but i have included them here as i think they are a little unusual, the people who partake in the sport may be a little unusual, or they are just not. Add wacky stats, facts, and stories to your arsenal of sports trivia with this new slamdunk addition to the very popular weird but true series. I decided to choose 10, even though i was gutted to miss kok baru which is one of the most unique sports around the world. Discover tons more zany fun, focused totally on the subject of sports. The record for highest score in a hockey game belongs to the 2008 slovakian womens team, which beat bulgaria 820 in a preolympic qualifier. The word love used in tennis scoring is derived from the french loeuf meaning egg or zero. A study was conducted that showed customers in a bookstore were 3. Interesting facts and sports stories sports trivia 2 by bill oneill was a great read.
The tongue is the fastest healing part of the body. The worlds deepest postbox is in susami bay in japan. Even if you are a hardcore fan of football, there may still be many things that you dont know about this amazing sport. A collection of curious, weird, and totally not boring things to know is a collection of illustrations by mike lowery and handwritten tidbits about the obscure, unusual and simply random. As long as you have a small collection of interestingor even insightfulsports facts. Here is an alphabetical list of over 100 unusual sports, which we have discovered around the world. Latest, general, all the types of questions youll get here. The sport involves participants who don snorkeling gear and squirm their way through 150 feet of slurry and bog without using conventional swimming techniques i. Singh broke the records for the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, 5000 meters and the mile even though he did not develop the ability to walk until he was five years old. The last legal spitball and other littleknown facts about. A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 miles an hour. Uncle johns bathroom reader extraordinary book of facts. The book is divided into sections covering history, animals, food.
Theyll be able to head back to school with a whole mess of fun sports facts 300, to be exact. Whether thats reading a new, motivating book, or listening to a song that speaks to your soul, there are plenty of resources to help your health thrive on any given day. Soccer is the only major world sport in which you cant use your hands to manipulate the ball or object of play. So when you say out loud ugh, cant find a good book to read, know. With the slowest week of sports upon us and no professional games being played, its been an agonizing few days. Herequestionsgems you can find quiz questions about sports and their answers. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Bog snorkeling bog snorkeling began in the uk over a friendly bar chat and evolved into an obscure sport replete with an annual championship. We provide you some good collection of sports questions. Where bill finds all of these obscure facts is a conundrum, but in our searches for incidental trivia and random facts, we simply turn to this terrific book.
Soccer is the most attended or watched sport in the world. Mark mcgwires recordsetting 70 home runs in the 1998 season traveled a total of 29,598 feet, enough to fly over mount everest. If you love football facts, the football fanbook is for you. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Add wacky stats, facts, and stories to your arsenal of sports trivia with. Sport books for children huge discounts at the book people. As long as you have a small collection of interesting or even insightful sports facts. National geographic kids inspires young adventurers to explore the world through awardwinning magazines, books, website, apps, games, toys. The most obscure sports around the world that youve. I like to specialize in the obscure, or lesser known facts about teams, players, owners, and stadiums. They can obscure the issues rather than providing clarification. Here is a list of 16 unusual and weird sports facts you might not know. This is totally subjective of course but my initial list of unusual sports around the world was 30 sports long. If you enjoy these interesting book facts, we have hundreds more in our book, the secret library.
This seems to be another case of journalism that is intended to obscure the facts rather than shine light on them. Detroit in 1935, when the lions won the nfl title, tigers won the world series and red wings took the stanley cup. When jimmy pearsall hit his 100th home run in 1963, he ran the bases in the correct order but facing backward to celebrate 2. This was a great collection of many sports stats and trivia. According to the official major league baseball rule book, baseball games are to last 9 innings or two and onehalf hours, whichever comes first. The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days 2. Uncle johns bathroom reader extraordinary book of facts combines the most intriguing, enlightening material from nine previous bathroom reader favorites into one concise volume. Brain waves can be used to power an electric train.
Sf writer isaac asimov 19201992 is the only author to have published a book in. And once youve picked your jaw up off the floor, dont miss these 50 random facts that will simply astonish you. Featuring obscure, unbelievable, intriguing, and engaging facts about some of the worlds most popular and not so popular ball sports, discover well over 250 fascinating nuggets of information on the sports, the balls, the players, the history, and lots more. Yet, whilst making headline news, coverage of the scandal is aimed at obscuring any. Director francis ford coppola found the cat in the studio and handed it to marlon brando before the shot. Guinness book of world records official representative seyda subasigemici said that philippines got the title for the most number of sky lanterns flown simultaneously with 15,185 lighted lanterns beating romania at 12,740. Only one city has won three major sports championships in the same year. What makes these interesting sports for me is the facts people actually play them somewhat regularly. A booklovers journey through curiosities of history, which is available from michael omara books. To help you channel that feeling once morewell, actually, 150 times. Have you ever ridden a motorcycle while being attacked by a monkey. Soccer on sunday magic tree house book 24 paperback mary pope. He still plays ice hockey, and is known as the expert on obscure rules and history of the game because of this book. The most obscure sports in the world all thats interesting.
Check out our 100 bizarre, interesting and fun facts that will blow your mind. So step up to the plate to get 300 allnew amazing facts plus photos. Sonic the hedgehog has registered itself in guinness book of world. If you love football facts, the football fanbook by gary gramling from sports illustrated kids is for you. More information about this seller contact this seller 1. Dont get caught not knowing the true origin story for kleenex, or what a beefalo is. Flush with delightfully useless and sometimes even useful information about sports, movies, music, politics, american and world history, and much more, the book is the most extensive reference guide in the. The last legal spitball and other littleknown facts about sports barbara seuling includes such obscure sports facts as. The covers of the first printed books were considered artworks.
More than 100 million people hold hunting licences. Book may be a price cutter or have a remainder mark. There is no shortage of competitive sports around the world. According to the wall street journals own calculations, the 17 minutes and 58 seconds of action includes balls in play, runner advancement attempts on stolen bases, wild pitches, pitches balls, strikes, fouls and balls hit into play, trotting batters on home runs, walks and hitbypitches, pickoff throws and even one fakepickoff throw. Top 10 facts about sport there is a great deal of sport going on at the moment, so lets catch up on a few facts not from rio. Fishing is the biggest participant sports in the world. Add wacky stats, facts, and stories to your arsenal of sports trivia with this new slam dunk. Movie trivia facts you wont believe readers digest. At the age of 100, fauja singh broke 8 world records for centenarians in athletics in one day.