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Basketball was invented with two peach baskets
James Naismith nailed fruit baskets to a gym balcony in 1891 to keep students active indoors. Someone had to fetch the ball out after every score.
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Nobody actually hangs in the air
Even the highest dunkers stay airborne under a second. "Hang time" is an illusion created by how a body moves once it leaves the floor.
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Basketball had no three-point line until 1979
The NBA adopted the arc as a gimmick to add excitement. It ended up rewriting how the entire sport is played.