The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
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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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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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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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