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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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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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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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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