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 * ...that the Birdsville Races in Queensland, Australia used to have separate races for horses that ate grass and those that ate corn?
 * ...that the layback spin was invented by 1936 Winter Olympics silver medalist Cecilia Colledge?
 * ...that Jerry Reuss was one of a few players in Major League Baseball history to play in four different decades?
 * ...that the flèche (pictured) is an aggressive fencing attack generally used with the foil and épée weapons, and is actually illegal to use with the sabre under USFA rules?
 * ...that the French footballer Lucien Laurent scored the first-ever World Cup goal, against Mexico in 1930?