There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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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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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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So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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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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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
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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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