The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
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The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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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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