The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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In 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
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Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
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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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