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    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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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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    Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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    So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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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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    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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