In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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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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Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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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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