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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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    Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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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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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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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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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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