The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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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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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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