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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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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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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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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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