Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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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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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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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 Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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