20 Rare Historical Facts About Olympic Games That You Never Knew

11. In the 1972 Olympics, Mark Spitz, a nine-time Olympic swimming champion, jokingly told a Russian coach that his moustache helped him swim faster and deflects water from his mouth. The Russian translated it to other coaches and the next year every swimmer had a moustache.

Mark Spitz’s moustache became very famous when he participated in the Olympics. At a time when all the swimmers shaved off their body hair, Spitz grew a moustache. Though he intended to shave it off before the games, he kept it on because he got many compliments for it. He shaved off it a year later.

12. During the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, 70, 000 condoms were not enough for the athletes, and a second order of 20,000 had to be made. Since then, a standing order of 100,000 condoms were made for every Olympics.

The Olympic Villages are known to house around 10,000 athletes for the Summer Games and around 2,700 for the Winter Games. There is a huge assortment of people from all over the world, forming new acquaintances and friendships. According to many previous participants, the village is a melting pot with athletes looking to relax by engaging in silly or sexual activities after a hard day’s work.