In England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
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Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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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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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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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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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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