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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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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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    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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    At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
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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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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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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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    So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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