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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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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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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From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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