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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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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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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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    The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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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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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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