In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
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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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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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