No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
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Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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Hockey player Jarome Iginla donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.
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In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
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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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