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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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    Yale vs Harvard Fans
    Yale vs Harvard Fans
    In the 2004 Harvard-Yale game, Yale students tricked thousands of Harvard fans into holding up cards that together spelled out "WE SUCK."
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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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