The word "purple" does not rhyme with any other word in the English language.

The first formal rules for playing the sport of baseball required the winning team to score 21 runs.

The Chicago Cubs are suing former Hartford Courant newspaper carrier Mark Guthrie to get back $301,000 in pay that was intended to go to a Cubs pitcher with the same name. The Tribune Company owns both the Hartford Courant and the Chicago Cubs.

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