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Saturday, 5 September 2026
17 facts about Christmas Tree
17 facts about Christmas Tree
An iconic symbol
It is the most characteristic symbol of Christmas and its indispensable element, without which it is difficult to imagine the holidays. Green, fragran ...

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Escape rooms
An escape room is a puzzle game in which a team of players locked in a room or other enclosed space collectively try to uncover clues, solve puzzles, and complete tasks to find a way to escape from the game site within a certain time limit.
Cricket
The Cricket World Cup was founded by England, Australia, and South Africa.
Harry Potter
Perhaps the story of the young wizard would not have been written if it were not for a delayed train.
It was during the unexpectedly extended trip to London that Rowling came up with the general outline of the novel and the main character of the series.
Golf
The oldest surviving rules of golf were developed in 1744 for the Company of Gentlemen Golfers, later renamed The Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.
The oldest existing golf tournament in the world and the first major golf tournament is The Open Cha ...
Volleyball
Indoor volleyball has been an Olympic discipline since 1964.
It was introduced at the Tokyo Games. Among men, the gold medal was won by the USSR national team, and among women by Japan.
Volleyball
The first volleyball games were conducted using a bladder taken out of a basketball.
It was one too light and moved too slowly so attempts were made to use basketballs for this purpose. These, in turn, were too heavy for volleyball.
StarCraft
The game has enjoyed worldwide interest but has had particular popularity in South Korea.
At the beginning of the 21st century, StarCraft games began to be broadcast on South Korean televisi ...
Tennis
It is believed that the term tennis comes from French monks shouting “tenez” whenever they caught the ball.
Cricket
The record for the fastest cricket pitch belongs to Shoaib Akhtar.
During the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he reached a speed of 161,3 km/h. He was nicknamed “The Rawalpindi Express”.
Golf
Modern golf originated in Scotland.
Legend has it that it was invented by Scottish sheep shepherds who, during long grazing trips to mou ...