The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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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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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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People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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