The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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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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Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
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Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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