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    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
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    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
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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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    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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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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    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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    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
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