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Un-useful information about balls.

Did you know that the NFL footballs ( pigskin ? ) are actually made from steer hide? :roll:

The National Football League is the only major sports league whose balls are manufactured in the United States. The footballs get their start on the backs of cows taken from feedlots in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Young, lean steers are preferred over fat dairy cows because the leather is more resistant to stretching. When the cowhides arrive in Ada, they are received from our tannery that treats them with the Wilson exclusive recipe and are stamped with the Wilson 'W' to authenticate our NFL leather.
Source: http://www.wilson.com/en-us/football/nfl/wilson-and-the-nfl/factory/
I didn’t know that!


Q.
Do you know what a “Nittany” is ? As in Nittany Lion.
“The Nittany Lion is the mascot of the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania,” but what is a “Nittany”?
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