Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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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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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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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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Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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