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    Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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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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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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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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    The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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