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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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    Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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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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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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    Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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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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    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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    In 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
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