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    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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    There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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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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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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    No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
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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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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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