Iran's Hossein Rezazadeh, who has every world and Olympic records in his category won the gold medal in super heavy-weight lifting in Athens Olympics, 2004. He was also known as 'Hercules'. A branch of the Iranian State Bank was named in his honour.
In 1990, Vincent Van Gogh's 'Portrait of Dr. Gachet' was sold for US $ 82.5 million.
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) claimed a hat trick of wickets from the first 3 balls of the game, and also the 4th wicket in the first ball of his second spell, when he played against Canada in a World Cup ODI cricket on 15th February 2003.
India's one silver medal won in Athens Olympics 2004 cost, US $15 million (expenses incurred by 126 sports persons and 45 officials) to the Indian government.
Robert Korzeniowski of Poland, achieved a rare distinction by achieving a hat trick of gold medal triumphs, when he won the 50 km walk, timing 3:38:46 seconds in Athens Olympics, 2004.
Michael Jordan (USA) is one of the richest sports-persons in the world, having scored 32,292 points in 1072 games for Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards in his NBA career. He holds the highest points scoring average in NBA with 30.1 per game.
'I am' is the shortest complete sentence. ‘Rhythm’ is a word without vowels. 'Facetious' is a word with vowels in ascending order and 'Sub continental’ is a word with vowels in descending order.
Leonardo da Vinci's "Mono Lisa' painting is famous for the subject's very natural smile, and the speciality of this painting is that she does not have eyebrows.
The World's largest discotheque (Disco) was held at the Buffalo Convention Centre, New York (USA), in 1979. 13,000 people danced to create this history.
The fee for Wayne Rooney, the sensational youngest forward footballer from UK, is UK £ 27 million for a six year contract to play for Manchester United, UK.
