There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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The fastest red card in football/soccer history was 2 seconds when Lee Todd was sent off for foul language after he exclaimed "f**k me, that was loud" after the starting whistle.
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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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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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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