1. Unlike most mammals, cetaceans, which include whales, dolphins, and porpoises, must consciously choose to breathe. (Cetaceans is pronounced “suh-TAY-shnz.”)
2. The NBA didn’t start using the three-point line until the 1979-1980 season . . . and it wasn’t used universally in college basketball or in the NCAA tournament until the 1986-1987 season.
In the first eight NBA seasons, teams averaged less than five three-point ATTEMPTS per game. Now, it’s higher than ever before, with each team heaving up 38 threes per game. (They’re making 13.5 of those, or 36%.)
3. The world’s shortest commercial flight is between two islands in northern Scotland. The flight is 1.7 miles and the official time is two minutes . . . but it takes closer to 47 seconds.
