It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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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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When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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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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Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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