A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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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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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 sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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