Random Facts About Health, Fitness, or Sports!

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Laughing 100 times is equivalent to 15 minutes of exercise on a stationary bicycle.

1 can of soda a day increases your chances of getting type 2 diabetes by 22%.
(This is one reason, but not the only one, why I avoid sodas that are high in sugar content.)

On average, people who complain live longer. Releasing the tension increases immunity and boosts their health.

A scientist cracked his knuckles on one hand for over 50 years to prove it did not cause arthritis.

People who exercise regularly have higher vitamin D levels in their blood.

Half of new gym members quit in their first six months.

The state sport of Alabama is figure skating.

Boxing legend Rocky Marciano invented the fax machine.

Baseball cards have been around since 1886. The photos are taken in the spring, with and without team caps, just in case the player is traded to another team.

Olympic Badminton rules say that the birdie has to have exactly fourteen feathers.

Ferenc Szisz from Romania, driving a Renault, won the first Formula One Grand Prix held at Le Mans, France in 1906.

Mark Maguire's record-setting home runs in the 1998 season traveled a total of 29,598 feet, enough to fly over Mount Everest.