A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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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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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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Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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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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