Table tennis balls can travel off the paddle at 105.6 miles per hour.

No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.

Major League Baseball teams use about 850,000 baseballs per season.

Former pitcher Turk Wendell used to brush his teeth and chew licorice between every inning.

Basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.

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The Iowa State Fair holds quirky competitions like a beard-growing contest and a husband-calling contest.

don't forget the butter sculpture....

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There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.

In every scene of Fight Club, there is a Starbucks coffee cup.

Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father and son to play in the major leagues as teammates for the Seattle Mariners in 1990. On September 14, 1990, they hit back-to-back home runs, creating another father-son baseball first.

A snail can sleep for 3 years

While baseball games today last about 3 hours, the fastest game ever played in major league history lasted just 51 minutes on September 28, 1919.

In Utah, birds have the right of way on a highway.

The record for the least amount of people at a baseball game was set in 2011 when the Florida Marlins played the Cincinnati Reds. Due to Hurricane Irene, just 347 people attended the game.

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