At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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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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