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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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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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    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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