Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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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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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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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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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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Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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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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