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    Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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    Yao Ming's Father Was the Tallest Man in China, Mother Was Tallest Female Basketball Player
    The Chinese government "encouraged" the country's tallest female basketball player to marry the country's tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
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    The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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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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    From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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