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Football and ball
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Football and ball

Football is a sport that has millions of fans around the world. However, the better the sports equipment is, the more sport will develop. That's why Nike had to test 15…

December 18, 2018
Why does the soccer ground have stripes?
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Why does the soccer ground have stripes?

The alternating dark stripes that you see on the football field are not the colors of two different grasses. In fact, the whole yard has only one type of grass.

December 18, 2018
Perfect throwing shots
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Perfect throwing shots

Long throwing balls can be a powerful weapon in football. As the World Cup is taking place, Professor Nick Linthorne of the University of Brunei, UK, explains the physic…

December 18, 2018
The flying saucer
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The flying saucer

Sixty years ago, a football match was stopped when an unidentified flying object (UFO or flying saucer) was found floating on a stadium in Florence.

December 18, 2018
China hunts aliens with giant telescopes
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China hunts aliens with giant telescopes

The building, which is as big as 30 football fields, will allow scientists to collect signals tens of billions of light years from Earth when inaugurated in 2016.

December 17, 2018
An asteroid has just grazed the Earth
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An asteroid has just grazed the Earth

An asteroid the size of three football fields that just flew over Earth on the morning of February 18, The Gurdian reported.

December 17, 2018
Next month, a meteorite approached the earth
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Next month, a meteorite approached the earth

The meteorite is about the size of a football field flying quite close to Earth, and will approach the closest distance to our planet in the middle of next month.

December 17, 2018
Asteroids have 'flattened' over Earth
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Asteroids have 'flattened' over Earth

The asteroid is about the size of four football fields that broke into the moon's orbit and flew to the earth at 6'28 minutes this morning (VN time).

December 17, 2018
Earth is about to lose the Moon?
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Earth is about to lose the Moon?

Does the YU55 Asteroid 2005 asteroid, which is about the size of four football fields, can plunge into the moon and destroy the

December 17, 2018
History of the World Cup
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History of the World Cup

The first tournament was held in 1930, and was only interrupted twice in 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War.

December 17, 2018