The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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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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All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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