The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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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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Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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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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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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Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
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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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