Sleds, eggs, super studs and the 12 things we learned this year
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1. 75,715 - that's how many pies Manchester United need to sell to pay Falcao's weekly wage of £260,000.
Discover more of the best findings from the BBC's Price of Football study.
2. The Ashes. Australia 5-0 England. "Pathetic". "Humiliating". Oh, and statistically England's worst tour in Ashes history.
3. Ey up, they love cycling in Yorkshire. Just the 2.5m people on the streets to see the Tour de France Grand Depart.
4. Horse racing's super stud Galileo is worth more than £85m man Gareth Bale, the most expensive player in football history.
5. Lizzy Yarnold won Great Britain's first gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics on a sled called Mervyn that she named after an insurance underwriter.
Watch Yarnold win gold and read about her rapid rise to success.
6. Burnley were solely responsible for English players getting more playing time in the Premier League.
7. Germany are pretty good at football.
Re-live how they blew Brazil away 7-1 in the World Cup semi-final.
8. Rory McIlroy is very good at New Year resolutions. On 2 January he set the target of winning two majors in 2014. Job done.
9. They played on the same day at the same ground, but World Twenty20 final prize money was £646,000 less for women than the men.
Read the full findings of the BBC study of prize money in 56 sports.
10. Lewis Hamilton bust his strict diet to eat three poached eggs for breakfast after winning the Formula 1 world title. Daring.
Read how Hamilton spent his first 48 hours as a champion in his own words.
11. The Luis Suarez bite. Bad but not football's ultimate sin. That's the leg-breaking tackle, according to pundit Steve Claridge.
12. World Cup shootout penalties are easier when the next goal wins, rather than when a miss means elimination. It's official. We worked it out.
Explore our complete guide to penalties hosted by Gary Lineker.
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