{"id":101,"date":"2025-04-17T02:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infotec03.ghsvids.org\/lguillen03\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2025-04-17T02:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:15:05","slug":"fun-facts-about-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/infotec03.ghsvids.org\/lguillen03\/fun-facts-about-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts about Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6329a8f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d1c656ed wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-asterisk\"><strong>Fun Facts about Soccer:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The longest soccer match ever<\/strong> lasted <strong>over 108 hours<\/strong>! It was played in the UK in 2016 to raise money for charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brazil has won the most World Cups<\/strong> \u2013 Their national team has lifted the trophy <strong>five times<\/strong> (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A goalie can score goals too<\/strong> \u2013 Brazilian goalkeeper <strong>Rog\u00e9rio Ceni<\/strong> scored <strong>131 goals<\/strong> in his career, mostly from free kicks and penalties!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The World Cup trophy was once stolen<\/strong> \u2013 In 1966, it was taken just before the tournament in England but later found by a dog named <strong>Pickles<\/strong> in a garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The fastest goal ever scored<\/strong> in a professional match was by <strong>Nawaf Al-Abed<\/strong> in just <strong>2.4 seconds<\/strong> in a Saudi league game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Messi and Ronaldo have over 800 career goals each<\/strong> \u2013 They&#8217;re considered two of the greatest players of all time and have broken countless records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A game once ended 149-0\u2014on purpose<\/strong> \u2013 In 2002, a Madagascan team scored <strong>149 own goals<\/strong> in protest of a referee\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The first international match<\/strong> was played in 1872 between <strong>England and Scotland<\/strong> in Glasgow. It ended 0-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The biggest stadium in the world<\/strong> is the <strong>Rungrado 1st of May Stadium<\/strong> in North Korea\u2014it can hold over <strong>114,000 fans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Soccer balls have traveled to space<\/strong> \u2013 NASA once took a soccer ball aboard the space shuttle to honor players from a school involved in the Challenger tragedy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/infotec03.ghsvids.org\/lguillen03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1442587075-e1668806020544-1-1024x767.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infotec03.ghsvids.org\/lguillen03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1442587075-e1668806020544-1-1024x767.webp 1024w, https:\/\/infotec03.ghsvids.org\/lguillen03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1442587075-e1668806020544-1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/infotec03.ghsvids.org\/lguillen03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1442587075-e1668806020544-1-768x575.webp 768w, https:\/\/infotec03.ghsvids.org\/lguillen03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1442587075-e1668806020544-1-1536x1151.webp 1536w, https:\/\/infotec03.ghsvids.org\/lguillen03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1442587075-e1668806020544-1-2048x1534.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d1c656ed wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Is The Mona Lisa So Famous? | Story Of The Famous Painting | The Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yJiG8qz-hRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-asterisk\">Fun Facts about Art:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows<\/strong> \u2013 Yep, one of the most famous paintings in the world is missing eyebrows and eyelashes. Some believe they faded over time or were never painted in detail by Leonardo da Vinci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime<\/strong> \u2013 Even though he created over 2,000 artworks, he only sold one (&#8220;The Red Vineyard&#8221;) while he was alive. Now his works are worth millions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The world\u2019s largest painting<\/strong> was created by <strong>Sacha Jafri<\/strong> in 2020. It covered nearly <strong>17,000 square feet<\/strong>, about the size of four basketball courts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art used to be an Olympic event<\/strong> \u2013 From 1912 to 1948, the Olympics awarded medals for architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some paints were made from really weird stuff<\/strong> \u2013 In the past, artists used crushed insects, ground-up bones, or even mummies to make colors like carmine red and mummy brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Banksy\u2019s art once shredded itself<\/strong> \u2013 After one of his pieces sold at auction for over a million dollars, it <strong>self-destructed<\/strong> through a shredder hidden in the frame\u2014right after the final bid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blue was once more expensive than gold<\/strong> \u2013 The pigment <strong>ultramarine<\/strong>, made from lapis lazuli, was so valuable in the Middle Ages that artists used it only for the most important parts\u2014like painting the Virgin Mary\u2019s robe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The oldest known art is over 45,000 years old<\/strong> \u2013 Found in a cave in Indonesia, it&#8217;s a painting of a wild pig and is considered one of the earliest examples of human creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michelangelo didn\u2019t want to paint the Sistine Chapel<\/strong> \u2013 He saw himself more as a sculptor, not a painter, and was reluctant when asked to do it by Pope Julius II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Salvador Dal\u00ed once showed up to a lecture in a diving suit<\/strong> \u2013 He said it helped him &#8220;dive into the depths of the human mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fun Facts about Soccer: The longest soccer match ever lasted over 108 hours! It was played in the UK in 2016 to raise money for charity. Brazil has won the most World Cups \u2013 Their national team has lifted the trophy five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002). 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