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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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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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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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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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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In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
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