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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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    At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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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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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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