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Modern tennis descends from a handball game born in French monasteries
Before becoming one of the most popular sports in the world, tennis had a little-known prehistory, woven through the corridors and cloisters
The youngest Olympic champion in history was just 10 years old
In April 1896, the very first edition of the modern Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece, in an atmosphere that was
Wrestling, the oldest documented sport in human history
Did you know that wrestling, according to the archaeological evidence available, is the oldest documented sport in the whole of human history,
The legend of the runner who died after announcing victory at Marathon
Did you know that the marathon event, now run all over the world, takes its name and its origin from an ancient
Understanding why ancient Olympic athletes competed naked
Did you know that in ancient Greece, athletes who took part in the Olympic Games competed without a stitch of clothing, a
The world's oldest stock exchange opened in Amsterdam in 1602
Did you know that the claim that the Amsterdam Stock Exchange was the world's oldest securities exchange keeps popping up in economic
The Galápagos Islands once had their own currency adorned with giant tortoises
Did you know the famous Galápagos Islands, an Ecuadorian territory known worldwide for inspiring the work of naturalist Charles Darwin, once had
Monopoly, the game originally designed to denounce capitalism
Did you know the famous board game Monopoly, an absolute symbol of wealth accumulation and capitalist triumph in the popular imagination, was
When Tsar Peter the Great taxed beards to modernize Russia
Did you know one of the most intimate symbols of masculine identity, the beard, was once the subject of an actual state