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    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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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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    Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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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 practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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