Each Sunday W2Fy teams up with SmartestYear.com to bring you some overly pedantic facts to spice up conversations. This week learn why big boobs can be depressing and why ice dancing wasn’t always the dumbest Olympic sport. As always, check out SmartestYear.com everyday for a brand new fact and all sorts of new knowledge.
Not-So-Funbags (2/10/10)
A longitudinal study of over 3,500 Swedish women who had cosmetic breast implants between 1965 and 1993 revealed that these women were nearly 3 times more likely to commit suicide than women without implants. Who ever thought that a study involving 3000 Swedish women with big boobs could be so depressing…
Olympic Games and Crafts (2/13/10)
The first Olympics were the 1896 Summer Games in Athens, Greece. The event was organized by Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat and historian. I found this interesting and hilarious: Hungarian Alfred Hajos was the first Olympic champion in swimming, AND he later became the first of two Olympians to win a medal in both athletic and artistic competition. Yes, Hajos won the silver medal in architecture in 1924. I kid you not. Between 1912 and 1948, there were sport-inspired art competitions in five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. Luckily the art contests were abandoned before the Olympics were widely televised because we wouldn’t have TiVo to fast-forward through 75 hours of a guy writing a book.
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