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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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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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    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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    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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    Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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    Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
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