The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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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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