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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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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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
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