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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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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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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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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 average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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    Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
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    From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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