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    The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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    In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
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    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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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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    The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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    It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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