The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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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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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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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
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