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Wednesday, 30 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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Oktoberfest
When Oktoberfest celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1910, 12,000. hectoliters of beer were poured into mugs.
The largest beer tent at that time had space for 12 thousand of guests. Today, the largest festival hall, Hofbräu, houses 10 thousand places and is the largest beer tent at Oktoberfest.
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
StarCraft takes place in space and... space it has visited.
In 1999, NASA astronaut Daniel Barry took a copy of the first game on his voyage to the Internationa ...
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.
Jurassic Park
The famous photo of Steven Spielberg posing with a mock-up of a diseased triceratops caused a real storm online.
In 2014, the photo was posted on Facebook by Jay Branscomb, who in his post sarcastically referred t ...
Escape rooms
Escape rooms became popular in North America, Europe, and East Asia in 2010.
Permanent puzzle rooms in fixed locations were first opened in Asia, and later in Hungary, Serbia, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and South America.
Harry Potter
Moaning Myrtle, a teenager killed by basilisk 50 years before the events of the second volume, was named Myrtle Elizabeth Warren when she was alive.
Oktoberfest
Over the years, the festival was enriched with new attractions.
Tree climbs, bowling alleys, and swings have been added to the racetrack. The first carousel was est ...
Cricket
The cricket fan base estimates at 2,5 billion.
Tennis
Martina Hingis is the youngest female tennis player to win the Grand Slam at 16 years and 117 days old.