Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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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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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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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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From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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