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ar[1] = "  When it gets cold enough, the local Sports Car Club of America has slalom races on area lakes!   on ice!"
ar[2] = "                                                                                       "
ar[3] = "  Omaha has hosted the College World Series for over 50 years!                         "
ar[4] = "                                                                                       "
ar[5] = "  Omaha has more golf courses per capita than any other city with a population over 100,000.                          "
ar[6] = "                                                                                       "
ar[7] = "  Rosenblatt Stadium was home to the Omaha Royals before they metamorphased into the Golden Spikes.                            "
ar[8] = "  The Golden Spikes then changed their name to just Spikes since that is what everyone called them anyway.                     "
ar[9] = "  Now the Spikes have changed back to the Royals.  Their motto is, 'The Royalty Returns'                                       "
ar[10] = "  The Omaha Beef indoor football dancers average over 15 years experience each.                                               "
ar[11] = "  The Aksarben Men's Curling Club is the only team to win the Junior Nationals 3 out of 4 times.                              "
ar[12] = "  The Aksarben Men's Curling Club are 3 time Junior National champions (1998, 1999, and 2001).                                "
ar[13] = "                                                                                                                              "
ar[14] = "  The Aksarben Women's Curling Club has made it to the US Curling Nationals and won!                                          "
ar[15] = "                                                                                                                              "
ar[16] = "  Omaha has more softball leagues than any other U.S. city!                                                                   "
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ar[18] = "  The world's fastest Winged Sprint Car racing track is at Eagle Raceway just west of Omaha.                                  "
ar[19] = "                                                                                       "
ar[20] = "  Bob Gibson, major league baseball player from the 60s is from Omaha.                              "
ar[21] = "                                                                                       "
ar[22] = "  Over 100 ESPN employees have signed the banner hanging in Pauli's at the airport.    "
ar[23] = "                                                                                       "
ar[24] = "  The triple-crown winner race horse Omaha, buried at Aksarben is not actually under the memorial.                      "
ar[25] = "  A new building was built over the original burial site requiring the memorial to be moved, the horse stayed.     "
ar[26] = "  In fact, it was just a few bones that got buried in the first place.                                              "
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ar[28] = "  The Aksarben Men's Curling Club won a bronze metal in Ogen Utah World Junior Curling Championships in 2001.                 "
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ar[30] = "  A favorite in the 2001 Kentucky Derby was local contender Dollar Bill, owned by Gary and Mary West.                         "
ar[31] = "  Dollar Bill came in 15 out of 17 in the 2001 Kentucky Derby but came in 4th in the Preakness and Belmont!                        "
ar[32] = "                                                                                                                              "
ar[33] = "  Omaha motocycle enthusist don't have too far to travel to get to White Sands Raceway near Ashland.                          "
ar[34] = "                                                                                       "
ar[35] = "  Bob Boozer, major league basketball player is from Omaha.                            "
ar[36] = "                                                                                       "
ar[37] = "  Husker's Heisman trophy winner, Johnny Rogers is from Omaha.                                 "
ar[38] = "                                                                                       "
ar[39] = "  Husker's Heisman trophy winner, Eric Crouch is from Omaha.                           "
ar[40] = "  The Aksarben Men's Curling Club won 2 bronze metals in 1999 (Osterson Sweden).                                              "
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