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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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
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People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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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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So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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