The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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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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Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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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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