The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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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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In England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
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Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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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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Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
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From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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