Sports

Bizarre Fact #61:
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Many Japanese golfers carry "hole-in-one" insurance, because it is traditional in Japan to share one's good luck by sending gifts to all your friends when you get an "ace." The price for what the Japanese term an "albatross" can often reach $10,000.

Bizarre Fact #62:
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Mark McGwire's record-setting 70 home runs in the 1998 season traveled a total of 29,598 feet, enough to fly over Mount Everest.

Bizarre Fact #63:
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Mark McGwire's record-setting 70 home runs in the 1998 season traveled a total of 29,598 feet.

Bizarre Fact #64:
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Michael Sangster, who played in the 1960s, had tennis' fastest serve, once clocked at 154 mph.

Bizarre Fact #65:
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Not all Golf Balls have 360 dimples. There are some as high as 420. Thereare also all different kinds of dimple patterns.

Bizarre Fact #66:
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O.J. Simpson rushed for 2,003 yards in 1973.

Bizarre Fact #67:
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Olympic Badminton rules say that the birdie has to have exactly fourteen feathers.

Bizarre Fact #68:
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Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.

Bizarre Fact #69:
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Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.

Bizarre Fact #70:
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Pro golfer Wayne Levi was the first PGA pro to win a tournament using a colored (orange) ball. He did it in the Hawaiian Open in 1982.