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Former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, Arthur Rhodes, had the most consecutive scoreless games.  He had a scoreless streak of 33 games while pitching in relief for the Cincinnati Reds  over a 30-inning span from 13 April to 26 June 2010. Rhodes’ feat matched the Major League Baseball (MLB) record for most consecutive appearances without allowing a run, a record previously set by Mike Myers of the Colorado Rockies  in 2000 and Mark Guthrie of the New York Mets  in 2002.

 

Source: www.guinnessworldrecords.com, SPOKEO

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The record for the longest road train is 1,474.3 m (4,836 ft 11 in) where a single Mack Titan prime mover, driven by John Atkinson (Australia), towed 113 trailers for a distance of approximately 150 m (490 ft) in an event sponsored by Hogs Breath Café, in Clifton, Queensland, Australia on 18 February 2006. This length is the equivalent of 156 London buses!

Source: Guinness World Records

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Baseball

Approximately 600,000 baseballs are used by all Major League teams combined during the course of a season. The average baseball remains in play for only five to seven pitches in a Major League game. Each ball must weigh between 5 and 5.25 ounces (141.75-148.83 grams) and measure between 9 and 9.25 inches (22.86-23.49 centimeters) in circumference to conform to Major League standards.

Source: http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Baseball.html#ixzz3ZMQvwVLe

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160 billion emails are sent daily, 97 percent of which are spam.  A spammer gets 1 response out of every 12 million emails they send…yet it still makes them a small profit.