The Deadliest Sports on Earth: Ranked

It's Not Just In Your Head

Football players regularly suffer strains, broken bones, muscle, ligament, and tendon tears, and other permanent problems. If you were ever a football player and you walked away from the game without sustaining a single injury, you are in the minority. About 33 individuals died from football injuries between 2000 and 2016. As the league gets more powerful and the players get bigger, we might see more deaths unless some rule changes are made. 

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The More You Know

  • When the Super Bowl champion Giants visited the White House in 1987, they dumped popcorn on President Reagan.
  • If you sneeze while driving at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for around 50 feet.
  • The loudest animal on earth is the sperm whale.
  • You make approximately a teaspoon of tears per hour.
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