At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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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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A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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Hockey player Jarome Iginla donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.
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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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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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