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  1. Bengal B

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    These are all good ones

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    There are only about 18 minutes of total action during a 9 inning major league baseball game.
     
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    In 1916 the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds played a 9 inning game with only one baseball

    In 1963 Tiny Lund won the Daytona 500 using only one set of tires
     
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    In 1950, Johnny Mantz did the same thing in the inaugural Southern 500 (Darlington). It was the first NASCAR race on a paved track, and while the rest of the field had to stop several times for tires (and in those days, a 4-tire stop could last a couple of minutes), Mantz was using truck tires that didn't wear out. He won the race by 9 laps.
     
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    Speaking of which, according to the WSJ, the total amount of time that the ball is in play in an average NFL game is only 11 minutes.
     
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    This is a big reason why hurry-up offenses score a lot of points. They raise that "ball is in play" time for themselves.
     
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    Human DNA is 50% identical to the DNA of a banana
     
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    In many countries in Europe, and also in China, the overwhelming majority of milk is sold warm, not refrigerated. Like over 90%. It's tough to even find cold milk at the store. It's all in boxes on normal shelves. I have rented an apartment in Macedonia and I went to buy cereal just now and no cold milk was available. Nobody cares, it's warm boxes of milk for everyone.
     

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