Our fun fact this week is about beach volleyball. Do you know when beach volleyball became an olympic sport?
The answer is: 1996 in the Atlanta games. The USA men’s team won gold!
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Volleyball was first introduced as an Olympic sport in 1964.
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According to the Guinness World Records, Japan is home of the largest bowling alley in the world. Inazawa Grand Bowling Centre has 116 lanes.
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Here is our Fun Fact for the week… the first time badminton was played in the Olympics was in 1992 when the games were held in Barcelona!
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Do you know what voluntary and involuntary muscles are?
Voluntary muscles are muscles that we can move, like arm and leg muscles (biceps)
Involuntary muscles are muscles that move on their own, like the cardiac muscle (heart)
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Which Detroit Tiger was the MVP for the 1984 world series?
Answer is….Alan Trammell
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Here is our newest fun fact! Who is the only Tiger to have ever hit a homerun over the left field grandstand??????? Cecil Fielder. Fielder did this during his first season with the Tigers in 1990! Only 3 other players have cleared the left field roof.
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Did you know…your sneeze exceeds 100mph? There is a good reason why you can not keep your eyes open when you sneeze – that sneeze rockets out of your body at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour! That is a VERY good reason to cover your mouth when you sneeze 🙂