- 161 balls per minute are those fired in paintball fields throughout Spain
- Only 30 of the 450 species of sharks cataloged in the world are dangerous
- What was the war cry of the first paratroopers?
Based on the contacts that users make to the companies advertised through Yumping.com we obtain that in 2009 110,000 requests for information via email. However, in 2010 not only was this figure equaled, but it also reached a figure that more than doubled: 250,000 applications.
Thus, looking forward to 2011, it is estimated that growth will continue to increase until reaching 450,000 requests per e-mail.
Adventure sports are at their best, because although they have been practiced since the beginning of the 20th century (some even much earlier), it has been in the last two decades when they have begun to be more fashionable.
Throughout history, these sports, increasingly accessible to all types of audiences, have left us curious facts that you may be interested in knowing:
Paintball. In Spain, during the last year, a whopping 85 million paintballs have been sold, which is equivalent to 232,876 paintballs fired per day, or, in other words, 9,703 paintballs per hour, that is say... 161 balls per minute!
In this way, if we consider that each ball measures about two centimeters in diameter and we lined up the 85 million paintball balls we would have 1,700 km... we could get from Madrid to Brussels!
Diving. If you are going to dive into waters where you can potentially find sharks, pay attention to this fact: among the almost 450 different species cataloged, only 30 of them are known to have attacked man. Of those 30 cases, only 6 were without provocation on the part of the diver.
Let's say goodbye to the myth created by the movie "Jaws", because it is not as fierce as they paint it.
Parachuting. Do you know where the famous cry of "Geronimo!" comes from? What appears in many movies when the protagonists jump into the void? It emerged as a test of bravery among the first American paratroopers the night before making their first jump. A small group of soldiers saw the western movie with that title and decided to show that nothing was happening in the jump, when they jumped they would shout his name as a "war cry." That's how it became a tradition.
