šŸ„·
šŸ’”
šŸ’” Fun Facts
šŸ’”

about Babe Didrikson, who was an accomplished track and field, basketball, baseball and softball star. Babe also competed in the 1932 Olympics and won 7 LPGA major tournaments. In her final years, Babe played and won LPGA tournaments while battling colon cancer and wearing a colostomy bag.

ā€¢1 min read


Fun Fact: about Babe Didrikson, who was an accomplished track and field, basketball, baseball and softball star. Babe also competed in the 1932 Olympics and won 7 LPGA major tournaments. In her final years, Babe played and won LPGA tournaments while battling colon cancer and wearing a colostomy bag.

Source favicon

Source

en.wikipedia.org

Share this fascinating fact! šŸ„·

Share on XDiscover more facts

šŸ’”More Fun Facts

Keep exploring and learning

that in 546 BCE Argos and Sparta had an all-star Battle of the 300 Champions, where both sides picked their best hoplites and agreed to fight to the death. The two surviving Argives thought they d won and left, leaving behind a single injured Spartan on the field. He also claimed victory.

Read ā†’

that in 546 BCE Argos and Sparta had an all-star Battle of the 300 Champions, where both sides picked their best hoplites and agreed to fight to the death. The two surviving Argives thought they d won and left, leaving behind a single injured Spartan on the field. He also claimed victory.

Read ā†’

that American figure skater Peggy Fleming won gold at the 1968 Olympics in France, and it was the only gold won by the United States that year. It was also the first gold medal won by an American figure skater since the 1961 plane crash that killed all 18 members of the US figure skating team.

Read ā†’

that 70 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Joseph and Mary Tape filed suit against a San Francisco school principal and the city s board of education for denying their American-born 8 year-old daughter Mamie an education due to her Chinese heritage. They won.

Read ā†’

Marie Curie was not originally nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics she won. The nominating committee only cited her husband, Pierre; Pierre wrote them a furious letter threatening to decline the award unless his wife was also recognized

Read ā†’

that George Washington lost as many battles as he won, but was the master of the Tactical Retreat, and accepted tactical defeats while working towards the strategic victory of defeat of the British Armies in the Thirteen Colonies.

Read ā†’
Explore All Fun Facts