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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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    Yao Ming's Father Was the Tallest Man in China, Mother Was Tallest Female Basketball Player
    The Chinese government "encouraged" the country's tallest female basketball player to marry the country's tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
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    Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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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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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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    The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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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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