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What was the first sporting event to be televised UK?
The United Kingdom saw the first live television broadcast of a football match, with the BBC showing a specially arranged fixture between Arsenal and Ars...
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How do MLB players clean their uniforms?
As noted above, some teams have in-house cleaners/seamstresses, but others will ship uniforms to a commercial textile-cleaning operation, like the New Yo...
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Who is the best female songwriter?
1: Lucinda Williams There are a few good reasons to put Lucinda Williams atop this list of the best female songwriters. Not only is she one of the sharpe...
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Which cricketer died in a plane crash?
Disgraced South African cricketer Hansie Cronje, 32, was killed when a light plane in which he was a passenger crashed into a mountain in the far south o...
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What are the pegs for in croquet?
Yard markers are sometimes referred to as corner pegs in a croquet set. They are solid wooden pegs which are placed in the ground and help mark the yard ...
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What is snakeskin leather?
Snakeskin is an exotic leather, nonetheless, a genuine leather material. Similar to any other authentic animal skin, it is made from tanning snake's...
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What is jib in skiing?
Jib skiing is the act of skiing or snowboarding on any other surface but the piste. Typically this refers to things like rails, boxes, and even fallen lo...
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Which team calls the coin toss in football?
How do teams decide who calls the coin toss? There is no definitive answer, as there isn't one position that consistently calls the coin toss. Howev...
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How long does it take to become a 5.0 tennis player?
Bionic Poster. I think less than one in 500 tennis players have a chance to make it to 5.0 level, and that's with at least 5 years of full time play...
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Who made the first Lombardi Trophy?
vice president Oscar Riedener sketched it out on a napkin for NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle in 1966. The Lombardi Trophy takes four full months to create...
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Why is Passover and Easter on different dates?
The lunar calendar determines the dates That cycle takes about 29½ days, making a lunar year about 12 days shorter than solar year (tracked by the calend...
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Has there ever been a 3 way tie in MLB?
Three tie-breaker games have gone into extra innings: the decisive second game of the 1959 series, the 2007 Wild Card tie-breaker, and the 2009 game. Has...
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Do golf caddies get endorsements?
Caddies will be paid, through the caddie association, to have a logo on items associated with their trade, like a hat, bag strap, towel, even yardage boo...
