Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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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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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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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
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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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At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
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