Willing and not-so-willing sacrifices for love
What sacrifices are you willing to make for love? Brits are more willing to move house (73 per cent), than become a vegetarian (14 per cent) for the sake of their long-term relationship, with very few willing to convert religion (5 per cent). Sixty-six per cent said they'd stop smoking and 45 per cent said they'd stop drinking, 29 per cent said they'd give up a job and 14 per cent said they'd ditch a friend. More than four in 10 people would dump someone who wasn't willing to change. (Via yougov.co.uk)
Sports that were actually in the Olympics
1. It would have been an animal rights activist's worst nightmare. Almost 300 birds were reportedly killed when the live pigeon shooting event made its only Olympic appearance at the Paris Games in 1900. Belgian Leon de Lunden gunned down 21 birds to take the title. But he was unable to repeat his win as clay targets replaced live birds in future games.
2. Paris' muddy River Seine hosted the 200m obstacle swimming race for the first and only time at the 1900 Games. Swimmers had to clamber over a pole and a row of boats before swimming under another row of vessels. Australia's Fred Lane took home the gold medal in the event.
