The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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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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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
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In 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
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The fastest red card in football/soccer history was 2 seconds when Lee Todd was sent off for foul language after he exclaimed "f**k me, that was loud" after the starting whistle.
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