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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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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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    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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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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