101 sports facts that will blow your mind

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FTW combed through our extensive archives and scoured the Internet to come up with 101 sports facts that even die-hards fans probably did’t know, such as the attendance for Muhammad Ali’s first title fight to Michael Jordan’s minor-league paycheck to Michael Phelps’ status as his own country.

1. Jordan Spieth won $61,867 less at The Masters than Arnold Palmer won in his entire career.

2. If Michel Phelps were a country, he’d rank No. 35 on the all-time Olympic gold medal list, ahead of 97 nations.