Sports

Bizarre Fact #41:
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Frank Mahovlich played for 3 different teams during his NHL career: Toronto, Detroit, and Montreal. For all three, he wore the number 27.

Bizarre Fact #42:
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Gene Sarazen, a golfer from several generations ago, set the record for the fastest golf drive: 120 mph.

Bizarre Fact #43:
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Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.

Bizarre Fact #44:
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Golf-great Billy Casper turned golf pro during the Korean War while serving in the Navy. Casper was assigned to operate and build golf driving ranges for the Navy in the San Diego area.

Bizarre Fact #45:
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Golf-great Billy Casper turned golf pro during the Korean War while serving in the Navy. Casper was assigned to operate and build golf driving ranges for the Navy in the San Diego area.

Bizarre Fact #46:
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Golfing great Ben Hogan's famous reply when asked how to improve one's game was: "Hit the ball closer to the hole."

Bizarre Fact #47:
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Honey is used as a center for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures.

Bizarre Fact #48:
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Honey is used as a center for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures.

Bizarre Fact #49:
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Horse racing is one of the most dangerous sports. Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year. That's about how many baseball players have died in baseball's entire professional history.

Bizarre Fact #50:
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In 1870, British boxing champ Jim Mace and American boxer Joe Coburn fought for three hours and 48 minutes without landing one punch.