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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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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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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