How long does a major league baseball last?
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
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- Where does the golf term "birdie" come from?
“The golf term "birdie" comes from Atlantic City in 1899, when a player called a great shot "a bird of a shot."”
Reference: USGA
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Where was golf invented?
Golf developed in Scotland in the 1400s, and King James II banned it in 1457 because it distracted men from archery practice.
Fact about the prairie dog language
Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.