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Fact 1 - Volleyball was born of basketball
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Fact 2 - There is a specialized position called libero
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Fact 3 - Balloon size hasn't changed in 100 years
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Fact 4 - NASA takes inspiration from volleyball players to train astronauts
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Fact 5 - The net is slightly lower for women's matches
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Fact 6 - The ball is softer than in classic volleyball
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Fact 7 - The world record for smashes in one minute is 22
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Fact 8 - A player travels about 4 km during a match
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Fact 9 - Special shoes improve player relaxation
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Fact 10 - A professional ball weighs about 270 grams
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Fact 11 - The longest match lasted over 75 hours
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Fact 12 - A team cannot change players during a match
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Fact 13 - Field lines are precisely 5 centimetres thick
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Fact 14 - You only have eight seconds to perform a service
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Fact 15 - An official net is exactly 1 metre high
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Fact 16 - A player sometimes slips to his knees to save a ball
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Fact 17 - The "pancake" involves sliding your hand under the ball
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Fact 18 - The counter triple requires perfect synchronization
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Fact 19 - Cuba holds three women's Olympic titles
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Fact 20 - Pros jump like Olympians
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Fact 21 - There are more than 46 million amateur gamblers in the US
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Fact 22 - Matches are played in full sunlight without extended breaks
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Fact 23 - Most consecutive international victories is 112
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Fact 24 - A referee can penalize a slow team
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Fact 25 - The first official rules were published in 1897
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Fact 26 - The largest audience ever exceeded 95,000 people
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Fact 27 - A player's reflexes rival those of a pilot
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Fact 28 - The posts must be placed one metre outside the pitch
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Fact 29 - The first official U.S. tournament dates back to 1948
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Fact 30 - The feint smash allows you to confuse your opponent
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Fact 31 - A player can recover a ball out of play
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Fact 32 - The International Federation was founded in Paris in 1947
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Fact 33 - The original rules allowed unlimited keystrokes
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Fact 34 - The tallest player measures over 2.18 metres
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Fact 35 - Jump float combines power and unpredictability
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Fact 36 - A player may not touch the ball twice in succession
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Fact 37 - The back pass takes opponents completely by surprise
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Fact 38 - Women's volleyball goes Olympic like men's
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Fact 39 - Some players jump more than 90 cm vertically
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Fact 40 - It's okay to play the ball with your feet
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Fact 41 - Volleyball is sometimes played inside a swimming pool
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Fact 42 - The jumping smash sometimes reaches a height of three meters
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Fact 43 - A fast run can be completed in less than 15 minutes
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Fact 44 - A player may leave the lines during a rally
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Fact 45 - Her first name was "Mintonette"
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Fact 46 - A beach volleyball court is slightly smaller
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Fact 47 - The first official match took place on a tennis court
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Fact 48 - The sand used is specially filtered for comfort
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Fact 49 - Volleyball was born in an American gym
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Fact 50 - Fastest service reaches 134 km/h
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Fact 51 - A set can last forever without a two-point lead
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Fact 52 - The side dive regularly saves lost points
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Fact 53 - More than 800 million people play volleyball regularly
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Fact 54 - Beach volleyball is played in over 200 countries worldwide
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Fact 55 - The first regulation net was only 1.98 metres long
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Fact 56 - A striker hits the ball up to 80 times in a match
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Fact 57 - It only became an Olympic sport in 1996
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Fact 58 - Volleyball is the national sport in the Philippines
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Fact 59 - A 9-player version existed briefly
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Fact 60 - Volleyball was used to train soldiers
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Fact 61 - In Japan, women's volleyball is as popular as baseball
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Fact 62 - An international competition was organized as early as 1913
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Fact 63 - The floating serve is an unpredictable ball with no rotation
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Fact 64 - The oldest club in the world still exists in England
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Fact 65 - Sand cushions impacts, reducing injuries
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Fact 66 - Beach volleyball is played by two players only
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Fact 67 - A pro player jumps an average of 3 meters
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Fact 68 - Volleyball only entered the Olympic Games in 1964
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Fact 69 - A smash can exceed the speed of a car on the freeway
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Fact 70 - Knee protectors prevent thousands of injuries
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Fact 71 - Some balloons contain an electronic microchip
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Fact 72 - The cuff for ultra-fast defense
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Fact 73 - Robots have competed against humans in volleyball
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Fact 74 - The pitch is exactly 18 metres long
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Fact 75 - Volleyball players burn nearly 600 calories an hour
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Fact 76 - Volleyball is also played on snow in some countries
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Fact 77 - Poland hosts championship in front of 65,000 fans
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Fact 78 - The libero always wears a different jersey
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Fact 79 - Canada was the first country to play outside the USA
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Fact 80 - The first net was a simple stretched rope
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Fact 81 - The first official balloon was created in 1900
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Fact 82 - Volleyball is the second most popular sport on earth
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Fact 83 - The ball can touch the net when serving
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Fact 84 - The precise lob deceives the opponent's counter
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Fact 85 - It's extremely popular in Brazil and Russia
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Fact 86 - Maximum number of consecutive exchanges reaches 247
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Fact 87 - Beach volleyball was born on Californian beaches in 1930
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Fact 88 - A point can be scored on each rally
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Fact 89 - The first world championship was held in 1949
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Fact 90 - Some teams use secret signals during the match
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Fact 91 - A skipped service mobilizes over 200 different muscles
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Fact 92 - A player jumps an average of 300 times per match
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Fact 93 - The ideal balloon pressure is very precise: 0.3 kg/cm²
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Fact 94 - Modern balloons contain 18 panels
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Fact 95 - Largest tournament counted 2,788 teams
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Fact 96 - Rotation is mandatory after each service recovery
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Fact 97 - Volleyball was conceived as a calm sport
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Fact 98 - Volleyball was originally played by adults only
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Fact 99 - The youngest champion was 14 years old
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Fact 100 - Defenders sometimes dive more than 2 meters from the ball
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Conclusion
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