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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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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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    Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
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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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    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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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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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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