University of Pittsburgh
Panthers love their Heinz Ketchup field, and celebrate this when the team gets into the “red zone”. Sirens go off and the fans mimic pouring out two bottles of ketchup.
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- Alexander the Great encouraged his men to shave so enemies couldn't grab their beards during battles.
- Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
- You make approximately a teaspoon of tears per hour.
- In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.