The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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In England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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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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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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