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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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    There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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    Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
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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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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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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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    From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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