All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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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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Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
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A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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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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In 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
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Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
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