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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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    Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
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    Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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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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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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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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