- ... that teenager Barbara-Ann Scott was the first Canadian to win a gold medal in Olympic figure skating with her performance at the 1948 Winter Olympics?
- ... that all eight venues of the 1964 Winter Olympics were reused when the Games returned to Innsbruck twelve years later?
- ... that two Soviet speed skaters tied for first place and won gold in the same event at the 1956 Winter Olympics?
- ... that three of the venues used for the 1956 Winter Olympics went on to appear in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only?
- ... that visitors of the 2002 Winter Olympics had the option of traveling to one of the venues by horse-drawn sleigh?