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Harry Potter

Quidditch has 700 possible fouls 

The sport dates back to the eleventh century and its rulebook lists 700 fouls, all committed during the first Quidditch World Cup in 1473.

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Firsts

The first modern Olympics had no women

Athens 1896 gathered around 240 athletes from 14 nations, all of them men. Women first competed at the Paris games four years later.

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Naadam

Naadam is called the 'three manly games'

Mongolia's national festival is wrestling, horse racing and archery — and the horse races are ridden by children, because the contest tests the horse, not the rider.

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