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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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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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    Yao Ming's Father Was the Tallest Man in China, Mother Was Tallest Female Basketball Player
    The Chinese government "encouraged" the country's tallest female basketball player to marry the country's tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
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    In 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
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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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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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