The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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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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Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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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 England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
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