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Wednesday, 24 December 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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Volleyball
For more than a century, the volleyball consisted of eighteen leather panels sewn together.
This design only changed in 2008, when Mikasa prepared a ball consisting of eight panels. This solut ...
Halloween
The Guinness World Record for most lit Jack-o’-lanterns on display is 30,581.
The record belongs to the City of Keene, New Hampshire.
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.
StarCraft
The Brood War DLC had a secret mission.
It could only be unlocked if the last mission available in the game was completed within 5 minutes.T ...
Cricket
The record for most wickets in the history of the Cricket World Cup is held by former Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, who is regarded as one of the best international bowlers.
Christmas Tree
Already in the 7th century, there is a mention of a Christmas tree, which may be the prototype of today's tree.
This mention appears in the biography of St. Boniface, a monk who converted Germanic peoples. During ...
Volleyball
According to the idea, it was to be a sport that required effort but less effort than at least basketball.
It was intended for slightly older players who didn’t necessarily want to pour out their blood and sweat.
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 ...
Oktoberfest
In the following years, Oktoberfest developed into the largest folk festival in the world.
With the exception of the 150th anniversary in 1960 and the 200th anniversary in 2010, horse racing was no longer organized after the war.
Golf
The first American woman to become an Olympic champion in golf was Margaret Ives Abbott.
She won first place in the women’s golf competition at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris. She won the ...