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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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    Yale vs Harvard Fans
    Yale vs Harvard Fans
    In the 2004 Harvard-Yale game, Yale students tricked thousands of Harvard fans into holding up cards that together spelled out "WE SUCK."
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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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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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    Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
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    Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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