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1. How to rate a single player's performance? Applying the kinds of
mathematical techniques used to map Facebook friends and other
networks:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0010937

2. Countries with greater incidence of a parasitic infection in their
populations tend to win more World Cups than those without:
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/06/1939220/Parasite-Correlated-With-World-Cup-Success

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