•  Windmills always turn counter-clockwise–except for the windmills in Ireland.

•  Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.

•  Janet Guthrie was the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500.  

•  Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.  

• The expression getting someone’s goat is based on the custom of keeping a goat in the

            stable with a racehorse as the horse’s companion. The goat becomes a settling influence
            on the thoroughbred. If you owned a competing horse and were not above some dirty
            business, you could steal your rival’s goat (seriously, it’s been done) to upset the other
            horse and make it run a poor race. From goats and horses it was linguistically extended
            to people: in order to upset someone, get their goat.

• The game of squash originated in the United Kingdom. It came about after a few boys,

            who were waiting for their turn to play racquets, knocked a ball around in a confined
            adjoining the racquets court.

• The hammer throw is illegal as a high school sport in all states except Rhode Island.

• A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than a gallon of water.