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else if (RandomNo < 350) {document.write(" Babe Ruth was able to throw two baseballs in such a way that the balls remained parallel to each other all the way from his hand to the catcher's glove.  Ruth was famous for this stunt and would demonstrate it on request. ");}
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else if (RandomNo < 450) {document.write(" A total of 63 errors were made in the 1886 World Series. ");}
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else if (RandomNo < 550) {document.write(" The song Take Me Out to the Ballgame was written by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 600) {document.write(" It takes 120 drops of water to fill a teaspoon. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 650) {document.write(" Bullfrog Dietrich of the Chicago White Sox was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter while wearing eyeglasses.  He did it in 1937. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 700) {document.write(" It wasn't until 1913 that sports teams started using numbers on players' jerseys for identfication. It first happened during a football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin. ");}
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else if (RandomNo < 800) {document.write(" Dr. George F. Grant received U.S. patent number 638,920 on December 12, 1899.  His invention?  The golf tee.  He created it because he didn't want to get his hands dirty by building a mound of dirt to place his ball on. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 850) {document.write(" NASCAR stands for National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 900) {document.write(" Greece and Australia are the only countries to participate in all of the modern Olympics. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 950) {document.write(" The first reference to a monetary prize in a horse race was offered by Richard I in 1195. ");}
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