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World Cup - I Thought You Knew...
The 2014 world cup is almost coming to an end.....precisely today but hey did you know that....
*.The first world cup was staged in Uruguay in 1930.
*.Shirt numbers were used for the first time at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
*.The highest-scoring world cup final took place in 1958, when Brazil beat hosts Sweden 5-2.
*.Two FIFA World cups in 1950 and 1970 passed without a single player receiving marching order.
*.At only four lines long, the Japanese national anthem is the shortest national anthem.
The longest is the Greek national anthem at 158 verses long.
*.The base of the current FIFA world cup trophy which was introduced in 1974, has space for 17 inscriptions- Enough for all the winners until 2038.
*.FIFA world cup trophy is made of 18-carat gold, stand 36.8cm high and weighs 6.175kg.
*.A total of 22 FIFA World Cup matches have been decided by a Penalty Shoot-out.
*.There were 28 red cards shown in 64 matches at Germany 2006, setting
a new FIFA world cup record.
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