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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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    Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
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    From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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    Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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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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    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 Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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