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Wednesday, 19 November 2025
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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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
The first demonstration match of the new sport took place on 9th February 1895, at the YMCA gymnasium in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Jurassic Park
The screenplay does not faithfully reflect the story from the book.
Inaccuracies include the characters who manage to escape with their lives. In the book, both Park’s ...
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest was partially suspended due to World War I.
Two years after the war, the festival was replaced by the “fall festival.” In the following years, due to the economic crisis and hyperinflation, no one considered a beer festival.
Oktoberfest
In 1853, the Hall of Fame - a three-winged column hall was erected at the foot of Bavaria.
Together with the statue of Bavaria, it constitutes a common construction unit. Inside, busts of imp ...
Christmas Tree
Christmas trees are now decorated with fancy baubles, which sometimes constitute masterpieces of art.
The baubles are blown from thin glass. They are often hand-painted and silver-plated on the inside. ...
Harry Potter
Initially, Rowling had trouble getting her work published.
The typescript she submitted was rejected by 12 publishers. It wasn’t until the London-based Bloomsbury publishing house decided to publish the book.
Halloween
Halloween in the U.S. was popularized by Irish immigrants.
They brought their tradition along in the 1840s, which spread across the country. It reached its peak in the 1920s.
Oktoberfest
In 1892, the first electric amusement park was established.
The first electrically lit festival tents appeared there in 1901.
Volleyball
In 1900, William George Morgan approached A.G. Spalding & Bros. to produce a ball suitable for volleyball.
Three designs were created. The first was a latex bladder made from a material resembling a bicycle ...