- ... that all five venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz were reused as venues when the Winter Olympics returned to the city twenty years later?
- ... that cars were brought into the Empire Stadium venue to illuminate the last two decathlon events at the 1948 Summer Olympics?
- ... that four of the seven venues used for the 1896 Summer Olympics were reused for the 2004 Summer Olympics?
- ... that Irish barrister and philatelist William Russell Lane-Joynt was a four-time Revolver Champion of Ireland and won a silver medal for Great Britain in shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics?
- ... that the pool for the water polo venue at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was shallow enough to allow taller Yugoslav players to stand with their heads above water?