The fastest Premier League goal was scored by Shane Long in 7.69 seconds (Southampton vs Watford, 2019).
Leicester City won the 2015-16 Premier League at 5000-1 odds. Bookmakers paid out £25M.
Lionel Messi scored 91 goals in the 2012 calendar year — still the all-time record for a single year.
The World Cup trophy is made of 18-carat gold and weighs 6.1kg. It's worth about $20M (but priceless to whoever wins it).
Brazil is the only country to have played in every single World Cup since 1930.
The highest-scoring Premier League game is Portsmouth 7-4 Reading in 2007. 11 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored against every team he's ever faced in the Champions League — that's 41 different clubs.
The Camp Nou can hold 99,354 people. That's more than the population of many small countries.
Dimitri Payet's average distance per free kick goal was 24.8 meters. He scored from further out than almost anyone.
The ball is only in play for an average of 55-60 minutes during a 90-minute football match.
Old Trafford is called "The Theatre of Dreams" — a nickname given by Bobby Charlton.
Arsenal went 49 games unbeaten in 2003-2004. They were called "The Invincibles."
The offside rule was introduced in 1863. Before that, you had to be behind the ball at all times (like rugby).
A regulation football must weigh between 410-450 grams and have a circumference of 68-70cm.
In the 1994 Caribbean Cup, Barbados needed to win by 2 goals. In the 89th minute, they deliberately scored an own goal to force extra time (where golden goal counted double). They then scored in extra time and won.