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...that the site of SSAWS (pictured), once the world's largest indoor ski slope, now hosts Japan's first IKEA superstore?
...that only one horse in the International Special horse races was born outside the United States?
...that Blair Cherry was the first high-school football coach in Texas history to lead his team to three consecutive state championships?
...that former NASCAR chairman Bill France, Jr. once used a mule while helping with the construction of Daytona International Speedway?
...that Y Clwb Rygbi was the first Welsh language television programme to win a Royal Television Society Sports Award?