Dustin Phillips of the U.S. has the record for ketchup drinking. He drank a 14-ounce bottle of tomato ketchup through a straw in 33 seconds on September 23, 1999.

Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport.

There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.

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