Facts in "Plants" Category
#2789 - Plants Fact  5
Four men in the history of boxing have been knocked out in the first eleven seconds of the first round.
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#2791 - Plants Fact  -2
Not all Golf Balls have 360 dimples. There are some as high as 420. Thereare also all different kinds of dimple patterns.
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#2792 - Plants Fact  1
Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
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#2793 - Plants Fact  6
The Iditarod dog sled race - from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska - commemorates an emergency operation in 1925 to get medical supplies to Nome following a diphtheria epidemic.
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#2794 - Plants Fact  3
In July 1934 Babe Ruth paid a fan $20 dollars for the return of the baseball he hit for his 700th career home run.
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#2795 - Plants Fact  -2
Gene Sarazen, a golfer from several generations ago, set the record for the fastest golf drive: 120 mph.
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#2796 - Plants Fact  1
In 1964 for the 10th time in his major-league baseball career, Mickey Mantle hit home runs from both the left and ride sides of the plate in the same game - setting a new baseball record.
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#2797 - Plants Fact  2
Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.
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#2798 - Plants Fact  -2
Australian Rules football was originally designed to give cricketers something to play during the off season.
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