The marathon distance of 26.2 miles was standardized at the 1908 London Olympics to finish in front of the royal box.

Synchronized skating — where teams of up to 20 skaters perform together — is a competitive discipline not yet in the Olympics.

Olympic weightlifters follow a precise diet and weigh in the day before competition to make their weight category.

Particles can exist in multiple states until observed.

The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest particle accelerator.

The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League.

Light behaves as both a particle and a wave simultaneously — this is called wave-particle duality.

High jumpers use the Fosbury Flop — jumping backwards over the bar — introduced by Dick Fosbury at the 1968 Olympics.

Competitive sailing at the Olympic level involves reading wind shifts, currents, and opponents' tactics simultaneously.