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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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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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    Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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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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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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