At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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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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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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