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    Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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    Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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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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    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
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    Yao Ming's Father Was the Tallest Man in China, Mother Was Tallest Female Basketball Player
    The Chinese government "encouraged" the country's tallest female basketball player to marry the country's tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
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    From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
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    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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