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- The Stanley Cup has a number of misspelled words engraved on it. “BOSTON BRUINS” is spelled as “BQSTQN BRUINS”. “TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS” is “TORONTO MAPLE LEAES” and a number of misspelled players names have been added over the years.
- Before Babe Ruth, the MLB’s career home run record was 138. When he retired the record was 714.
- Nolan Ryan had seven no-hitters in his career but never a perfect game. His 2795 career walks are almost 1,000 more than the next closet pitcher.
- The credit for breaking the racial barrier was not really Jackie Robinson. In 1879, Moses Fleetwood Walker played a full season in 1884, 63 years before Robinson.
- The only team in the NFL to score three TD’s in a minute was the New England Patriots and they’ve done it twice.
- The very first pick in the NFL draft never played a single game in the league. Jay Berwanger never signed with any team due to salary concerns.
- Major League Baseball uses approximately 900,000 balls every season.
- Wilt Chamberlain once averaged over 50 points a game for an entire season.
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- Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it’s known as Tennessee.
- In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an honorary Harlem Globetrotter.
- The Boston Marathon didn’t allow female runners until 1972.
- Approximately 40% of guests arriving at a party admit to snooping in the hosts medicine cabinet.
- Catnip is ten times more effective repelling mosquitoes than some of the commercial products containing DEET.
- Hawaii’s state flag is the only US state flag to feature the Union Jack.
- The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache on the deck of standard playing cards.
- In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes.
- Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, dishwashers, and windshield wipers were all invented by women.
- Water is the thing most often choked upon by Americans.
- The first product to have a barcode was Wrigley’s gum.
- The chance that a dollar bill contains remnants of cocaine is approximately 80%.
- The average life span of a major league baseball is 5 to 7 pitches.
- From groundbreaking to opening day, the original Disneyland was built in just 365 days.
- The word Gorilla comes from a Greek word that means a “tribe of hairy women.”
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