How long does a major league baseball last?
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
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“Japan's women's volleyball team, nicknamed the "Witches of the Orient," won Olympic gold in Tokyo in 1964.”
Reference: International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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Who invented volleyball?
William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and originally called it "Mintonette."
The Atom Bomb got all the press
US forces fire bombed japan's wooden cities totally destroying 58 % of Yokohama (the size of Cleveland)
51% of Tokyo (new York) 99% Toyama (Chattanooga) 40% Nagoya (LA) killing 50-90% of the population in 67 Japanese cities BEFORE two nuclear bombs were dropped.