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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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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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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
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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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    So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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