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 *Exercise Saves Heartbeats*

A fit person's heart will beat about 61/2 million fewer times per year than the average person's.
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 *Stress Fractures In Animals*

Only humans, greyhounds and racehorses experience stress fractures.
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 *Boot Buckles Can Lose a Ski Race*

Exposed buckles on a downhill skier’s boots can slow race times by .3 seconds in a one-minute descent.
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 *Which Stroke Uses the Most Energy?*

The breaststroke, not the butterfly, uses the most calories of all the swimming strokes.
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 *How Quick Is A Wink?*

How quick is a wink? As quick as .3 to .4 seconds.
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 *Why BBall Players are Cagers*

How basketball players came to be called cagers.
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 *Footballs Used Per NFL Game*

Each NFL game uses 36 new footballs.
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 *Basketball-Designated Free Thrower*

Basketball used to have a designated foul-shooter rule.
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 *How Karate Experts Break Boards*

Humans can generate six times the force needed to break a board with their hand, but training is vital to ensure this force is directed correctly.
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 *The Fastest Swimmer*

The fastest human swimmer is 63 miles per hour slower than the fastest fish.
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 *Field Events on Other Planets*


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 *Group Exercise & Pain Threshold*

Your pain threshold can be twice as high when exercising in a group versus exercising solo.
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 *Ian Thorpe - Bow Wave Rider*

A study on swimmer Ian Thorpe found that he swims so fast he generates and rides his own bow waves.

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 *Stomach Cramps and Swimming*

Eating a meal before swimming should not result in stomach cramps.

 *Hole-in-One Vs. Perfect Bowling*

It is 10 times more difficult to shoot a perfect bowling game than to shoot a hole-in-one.