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Kepler Wessels is the only player to score the same highest scores (179) for two different countries, say Australia and South Africa in test matches.
 
Vinoth Kambli was the first player to be given out by third umpire in test matches, whereas his friend Sachin Tendulkar was the first player to be given out by third umpire in LOI’s.
 
Graham Gooch of England is the only player to play three world cup finals and lose all the three.
 
The terms “Small Endian” and “Big Endian”, associated with microprocessor originate from the book “Gulliver’s travel”.
 
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
 
In mathematics the number 69 is so unique with the following property in which all the numbers are used at least once that too without any repeat. (If 69 is used as follows).
69^2= 4761
69^3=328509.
 
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
 
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
 
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
 
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
 
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.' The second was William Jefferson Clinton.
 
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