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    Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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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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    No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
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    So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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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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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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