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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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    Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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    So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
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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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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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