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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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    Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
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    Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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    During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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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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    Longest Marathon Time
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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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    Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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