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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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    Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
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