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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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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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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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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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    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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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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