- In 1963, major league baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, an hour after Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry hit is first, and only, home run while playing for the San Francisco Giants.
- Retired basketball sensation Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
- The Olympic flag's colors are always red, black, blue, green, and yellow rings on a field of white. This is because at least one of those colors appears on the flag of every nation on the planet.
- The average lifespan of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
- Dueling is legal is Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
- All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job in case their pants split.
- In 1920, Babe Ruth out-homered very American League team.
- Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep his head cool. He changed it every two innings.
- Every year 56,000,000 people attend major league baseball games.
- In 18th century England, gambling dens employed someone whose job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.
- A Costa Rican worker who makes baseballs earns about $2,750 annually. The average American pro baseball player earns $2,377,000 per year.
- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
