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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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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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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People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
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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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