- ...that the site of SSAWS (pictured), once the world's largest indoor ski slope, now hosts Japan's first IKEA superstore?
- ...that only one horse in the International Special horse races was born outside the United States?
- ...that Blair Cherry was the first high-school football coach in Texas history to lead his team to three consecutive state championships?
- ...that former NASCAR chairman Bill France, Jr. once used a mule while helping with the construction of Daytona International Speedway?
- ...that Y Clwb Rygbi was the first Welsh language television programme to win a Royal Television Society Sports Award?