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    All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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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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    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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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
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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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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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