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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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    Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
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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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    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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    It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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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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