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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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    Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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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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    There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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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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    Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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    There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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