The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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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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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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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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Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
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