In 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
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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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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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Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
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When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
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The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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