There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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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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Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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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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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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