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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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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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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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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The fastest red card in football/soccer history was 2 seconds when Lee Todd was sent off for foul language after he exclaimed "f**k me, that was loud" after the starting whistle.
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Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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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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