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• [Sports fact 1]  Major League Baseball umpires are required by rule to wear black underwear, in case they split their pants.

  Fashion, Sports source

• [Sports fact 2]  A woman named Chau Smith ran 7 marathons in 7 consecutive days on 7 continents in celebration of her 70th birthday.

  Countries, Sports source

• [Sports fact 3]  Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln was wrestling champion of his county in Illinois. He fought in nearly 300 matches and lost only one.

  History, Presidents, Sports

• [Sports fact 4]  Harvard's first black faculty member was a dentist named Dr. George Franklin Grant who joined the Department of mechanical dentistry in 1871. He was also an inventor and he patented the wooden golf tee. Previously, golfers carried around buckets of sand, placing their balls on little piles as they went.

  Health, Sports source

• [Sports fact 5]  In 1949 at Wimbledon, "Gorgeous Gussie" Moran wore a skirt that exposed her knees, causing Wimbledon officials to complain that she was "bringing vulgarity and sin into tennis."

  Sports source

• [Sports fact 6]  In 1989, the Oakland A's (American professional baseball team) Accounting Department was freaking out over a $1M surplus. Turns out, Ricky Henderson framed his $1M signing bonus cheque and hung it on his wall without cashing it.

  Finance, Sports source

• [Sports fact 7]  On February 14, 1990, Michael Jordan wore a nameless no. 12 jersey because his no. 23 jersey had been stolen. He scored 49 points, setting a franchise record for players wearing that jersey number.

  People, Sports source

• [Sports fact 8]  Shaquille O'Neal gave fellow NBA superstar Paul Pierce his nickname "The Truth" by stating to a reporter after a game against Pierce, "Take this down. My name is Shaquille O'Neal and Paul Pierce is the motherf*cking truth. Quote me on that and don't take nothing out."

  People, Sports source

• [Sports fact 9]  At his prime, champion cyclist Miguel Indurain had a resting heart rate of just 28 beats per minute. The heart rate of an average human is 60-90 beats per minute. His blood took seven liters of oxygen around his body per minute, compared to 3–4 liters for an ordinary person and 5–6 liters for fellow riders. His cardiac output was 50 liters a minute; a fit amateur cyclist's is about 25 liters. Indurain's lung capacity was 7.8 liters, compared to an average of 6 liters. His resting pulse was as low as 28 BPM, compared to an average 60–72 bpm, which meant his heart would be less strained in the tough mountain stages.

  Health, Humanbody, People, Sports source

• [Sports fact 10]  An indigenous Mexican woman named María Lorena ramírez from the Tarahumara community won a 50km race featuring 500 runners from 12 countries while wearing a skirt and sandals made from tire rubber.

  People, Sports source

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