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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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    From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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    Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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    Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
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