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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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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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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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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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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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