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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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    There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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    During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
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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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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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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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    The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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