The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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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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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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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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