Thursday, August 9 Olympic Fun Fact: Historically, the host cities of the Olympic Games tend to win more medals during their hosting year than they have in the Games four years prior (for example, Great Britain's 146 medals won during the 1908 London Olympics as opposed to their 2 medals during the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.) While this trends doesn't always hold (the US only won 101 in the 1996 Atalanta Olympics ...