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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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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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    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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    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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    Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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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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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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