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    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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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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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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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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    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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    From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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    During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
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    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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