The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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Hockey player Jarome Iginla donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.
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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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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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