There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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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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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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In England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
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All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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