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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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    Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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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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    No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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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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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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