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Monday, June 04, 2012 By MADDIE GREBE Reporter
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-Cheerleading is the most dangerous high school and college sport. (bestfunfacts.com)
-The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches tall. (funfactz.com)
-During WWII, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers combined to become The Steagles, because of the large amount of players called to duty. (funfactz.com)
-All MLB umpires must wear black underwear while working, just in case they rip their pants. (funfactz.com)
-It requires 30,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs. (bleacherreport.com)
-There are only two days in the year where professional sports are not played; the day before and following the Baseball All-Star Game. (bleacherreport.com)
-The MLB logo was designed so that the batter could be either right or left handed and of any ethnicity. (wikipedia.org)
-Fishing is the most participated sport in the world. (teachpe.com)
-Michael Jordan always wore his blue North Carolina shorts under his Bulls uniform for good luck. (factmonster.com)
-A bowling pin only needs to tilt 7.5 degrees to fall down. (dumbfacts.com)
-Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every two innings. (dumbfacts.com)
-England’s Manchester United soccer team is the most expensive team, worth $1.8 billion. (forbes.com)
(bestfunfacts.com)
-Honey is used for a center of golf balls. (outrageousfacts.com)
-Before synthetic materials were used, pigs’ bladders were used as rugby balls. (outrageousfacts.com)
-Michael Phelps lived in Whiteford Maryland after he was born.
-At the Chicago Cubs home field, owner Bill Veeck would use midgets as vendors as to not spoil the public’s view. (vdba.ca)
-The longest game in the MBL was eight hours and six minutes. (vdba.ca)
-The three mascots of the Baltimore Ravens are named Edward, Allan and Poe after the famous poet who was from Baltimore and wrote the poem “The Raven”. (footballfabble.com)
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