The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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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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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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From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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