- ... that The Simpsons episode "Boy Meets Curl" will see Homer and Marge Simpson compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in mixed-doubles curling, an event that is not part of the Olympic programme?
- ... that Seteng Ayele was the oldest track and field athlete at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics?
- ... that "The Mighty Midget", Rodney Wilkes, won the first ever Olympic medal for Trinidad and Tobago at the 1948 Games?
- ... that "Everyone", the official theme song of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, was sung by five different artistes each representing his or her continent?
- ... that 1912 Olympic champion Jim Thorpe was stripped of his track and field medals after it was discovered he had played baseball professionally?
