In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
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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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Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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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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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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