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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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    The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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    Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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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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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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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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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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