The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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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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During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
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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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People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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