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A basketball's bounce returns only about 75% of its drop height

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The basketball hoop has been 10 feet high since 1891 - by accident

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The first basketball hoops had no hole in the bottom

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Basketball was invented in 1891 with two peach baskets

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A stopwatch and a stripe reinvented basketball

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Wilt Chamberlain once scored 100 points in a single NBA game

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