#22 from what i've read, ball and stick games date back many centuries before that. also, i don't believe it was called baseball until much later, anyway.

#24 The physican's name was actually Julius Wagner-Jauregg (austrian), he died in 1940. He got his noble prize for giving people malaria _immunization_. According to Wikipedia he was under suspicion to be in some connection with the nazi party, but apparently never a member himself. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Wagner-Jauregg

I really do hope all the other "facts" are more accurate than this one...

no, never.