[QUOTE=RealityChuck]
Jackie Robinson is the only ballplayer to have his number retired by all current major league teams.
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Who is the only player STILL wearing his number (from being grandfathered in)?
arevir onairam
[QUOTE=Edward The Head]
And if you believe that one I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn and some nice land in Florida. If his wiki is to be believed he swam an amazing 6-8mph for 6 to 8 hours every day. That’s twice as fast as anyone else in the world.
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Lecomte swam 6-8 hours per day and spent the rest of the time aboard a boat riding the Gulf Stream. A sea anchor was thrown out whenever Lecomte was aboard, so all of his movement was due to ocean currents or his swimming. He averaged a little over 2 mph over the 72-73 days.
He didn’t put in 19 hour days as Strel did, but it’s still a valid accomplishment. That said, Strel had the tougher task, given that freshwater is less dense than seawater and assuming that he went ashore when not swimming.
We know of 23 people who have lived to be +115 years old. All of these people were born in the last 150 years (because of record keeping).
If we postulate that ~23 people every hundred fifty years lived to be +115, and that every person who has ever lived [somewhere in the ~69 -90 or plus billionish range] has made a run at this record, then this may be a top 5 accomplishment in terms of number of people attempting the record to those who actually accomplish it.
Joe Gibbs is the only Coach to win the Super Bowl with 3 different starting Quarterbacks
[QUOTE=Ludovic]
We’ve been to the deepest place in the ocean only once.
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How long were we there agian? How many minutes? 
Sorry I couldn’t resist…
I vaguely recall that only 4 have ever had the Top 5 in the Pop charts all to themselves…
[QUOTE=zev_steinhardt]
Nine people have won a Primetime Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy:
Mel Brooks
John Gielgud
Marvin Hamlisch
Helen Hayes
Audrey Hepburn
Rita Moreno
Mike Nichols
Richard Rogers
Jonathan Tunick
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Ten. You forgot Liza.
[QUOTE=Jas09]
Oh, and I believe Steve Fossett is still the only person to have flown around the world solo in a hot-air balloon.
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And I’m the only person who knows where he is now.
scott niedermayer is the only person ever to have played for the winning team in every one of the six major hockey championships – memorial cup; iihf world junior; iihf world senior; olympics; canada/world cup; & stanley cup.
Mike Holmgren is the only coach to win a championship in the NFL/NFC and the AFL/AFC.
Technically not, but The Seahawks won that game. Biased referees! :mad: