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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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    Yao Ming's Father Was the Tallest Man in China, Mother Was Tallest Female Basketball Player
    The Chinese government "encouraged" the country's tallest female basketball player to marry the country's tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
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    Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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    During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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